Thursday, December 01, 2005
Speaking of caricatures:
SF has high fees. Blah blah blah I don't care, I don't live there. Among the complaints is the $8,000 dying fee. Psshhaaw, says one Supervisor:
"I think a lot of the dead are grateful to be properly treated, and the ungrateful living moan all the way to bank," said Supervisor Jake McGoldrick. "Somebody's got to deal with the cost of people who die … We want it all but we don't want to pay for it, and somewhere in the middle the rubber meets the road. A dollar only goes so far."
How many more lame sayings can you cram into a comment? One of the reasons the living complain more about costs than dead people is... wait, an SF Supervisor really needs this explained to him?
McGoldrick said it is unfair to compare San Francisco to San Jose, citing their different demographics. While acknowledging it is difficult for the middle class to live here, he said there is always a question of balance, pointing toward rent control as one measure that keeps lower-income people in The City.
First he complains about the different demographics, then points out that the individual cities get to control their demographics. Are lower-income people really that valuable to the city? Why not just say "It's unfair to compare San Francisco to San Jose, because they're doing better than us"?
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