tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post7542372151488213515..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: The numbers behind the study that showed how screwed WisDOT funding isUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-12504914979501555472017-01-06T15:55:44.171-06:002017-01-06T15:55:44.171-06:00Most of the revenue paths mentioned seem like they...Most of the revenue paths mentioned seem like they're going to hit mostly the working and middle classes.<br /><br />Maybe we need to work on making Wisconsin the work-from-home capitol of the US.<br /><br />Let's assume 8B over the next ten years just to keep things from going totally off the rails. Looking at Wisconsin's 2.3M households with a median income of about $53,000, that comes to about $3500 over ten years if we do it in some sort of progressive way.<br /><br />About $300/year to keep the infrastructure running. Worth noting that said money won't be buried in the ground . . . it might even help Scotty finally get over that 250,000 jobs mark.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427829158996224733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-70098993851840776292017-01-05T17:50:20.640-06:002017-01-05T17:50:20.640-06:00From the little I know about roundabouts, they may...From the little I know about roundabouts, they may cost a bit more, but have major safety benefits due to slowing down and no T-bone crashes. But maybe someone could explain more.<br /><br /> It's more that small-town/small-mind GOPs don't understand the concept, so the precious snowflakes would rather make them illegal instead of figure them out. Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-74290154107003973922017-01-05T11:59:26.885-06:002017-01-05T11:59:26.885-06:00I am already hearing ramblings from the right that...I am already hearing ramblings from the right that we need to cut the cost of building roads and that we are giving areas of the state upgrades that are not needed, nor wanted by the local communities. There has also been discussion of the extra cost and overbuilding of roundabouts in the state. What are your thoughts on these and are you privy to any data that supports these issuesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com