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Originally Posted by jbolty
fact. the problem is always too much government. It grows then needs to find things to do to justify it and in the meantime success of a government program is measured by the budget, not the results. The full time year round population of the town of moultonboro has just about doubled in the last 30 years but has about 20 times more employees.
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Subsidies.
Staying with the lake.
Just the two subsidies of Dam Maintenance and CB Mitigation seems like a small sum ~ $18 million. But if removed, then the dams would need to be breached. Not something the legislators are willing to support. Shifting it to a boat fee would be about $180 per registration. Not something that legislators are willing to support.
So those with countless other small subsidies go into the annual budget to be raised through general taxation.