• systemguy_64@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Welcome to government funding.

    School District: we need a new school

    Enrollment: 4200

    Government: Awesome, here’s $4.2 million, go build the 4200 student school.

    SD: Uhh, won’t that take a few years? Should we add some buffer space to the plan?

    Government: ehh, naah

    Spongebob 3 years later: Welcome to Springfield High School!

    Enrollment: 6900

    Springfield: see, gooberment, we needed more classrooms!

    Gooberment: heh, would you look at that. Lol. Well, use your budget to build some portables.

    SD: Us? Why don’t you pay!?!?

    Gooberment: Oh, haha, yeah, that’s an operating expense. We only fund capital projects! Don’t worry, give us a plan to expand and we can fund you in 10 years

    10 years later: Ok gooberment, our numbers say we need 15 classrooms. But for the expansion, we should do 25 for future proofing

    Gooberment: Oh, but you only need 15 now? Yeah here’s money for 15

    2 years later: Here’s 15 classrooms!

    SD: We need 25…

    Gooberment: Oh, yeah, get some portables and talk to us in a few years!

    Rinse and repeat