Wednesday, October 05, 2005
interesting
This is from the next county over.
This is in a county with a population of around 62,000 and a median household income of ~$30K. Do the arithmetic. Comes to $1,728/head or $6,903 per family of four. I'm not sure what all this covers, doubt if it includes FHP or FDOT, probably not the various entitlements (state function). Ouch.
How much is the cost of government?
Todd Wilson, editor of the Lake City Reporter
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:44 PM EDT
Columbia County and Lake City now have their respective budgets in place for fiscal year 2006. A collection of high-energy workshops and public hearings went into the discussions for each group and when the dust settled, the budgets were approved with very little fanfare.
For the most part, the public acted uninterested and just accepted the budgets of both groups. It was the normal American response: Everyone complains about how much government costs the taxpayers, how much government wastes, and how individuals don't get their money's worth from public movements.
No one really does anything about it.
The griping was done mostly at the coffee shop and around the breakfast table at home rather than where it matters - a public venue.
The county's approved budget is approximately $79 million, while the city's approved budget for the next fiscal year is approximately $28 million. [snip]
This is in a county with a population of around 62,000 and a median household income of ~$30K. Do the arithmetic. Comes to $1,728/head or $6,903 per family of four. I'm not sure what all this covers, doubt if it includes FHP or FDOT, probably not the various entitlements (state function). Ouch.
