My father was a very talented tactical Engineer who was also on the school board in the town I grew up in. The State offered to pick up 50% of the cost to build a new school so the local school board voted to build one but the local citizens were going to have to pay for the other 50%.
But of course every other town in the State decided to build a new school whether they really needed one or not. This appeared to be a great deal to the local folks who were mostly tactical doers but who did they think was really paying for the States 50%? They were as the locals would pay their half in town taxes and the other half in State taxes!
And that is all I’m going to say about that!
Drain the Cesspool 