COSTS NOW vs. COSTS LATER

San Jose now has a recycle program which picks up your bulky unwanted items FOR FREE. California Waste Solutions will make an appointment to take your unwanted TV, appliances, chairs, etc. 

Now you can get rid of your stuff without driving it to the dump. And you can be GUILT FREE as you know your stuff will not end up in the creek.

San Jose will hopefully save money since correct recycling keeps items out of our creeks and canyons, where they are EXPENSIVE to remove.

There are other decisions which can be made to spend money now to save money later.

If children do not get enough to eat, their brains do not develop correctly. This means that the taxpayers face coping with damaged children for the LIFETIME of the damaged child. Food is MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE than supporting a brain damaged adult.

It is much easier to fix a sewage problem before rising water levels cause the sewers to back up. Working in dry conditions is ALWAYS less expensive than working in wet conditions. (You may think coastal water levels are not rising, but insurance companies are starting to deny flood insurance for coastal buildings.)

I strongly disagree with suspending children from school. An uneducated adult is almost always an unproductive adult. Leaving disruptive children in the classroom can ruin the education of the entire class. I believe we should have what we called 'continuation school' where the disruptive children can be taught by teachers who know how to deal with disruptive students. Saving money on school psychologists, just means that we will may not be able to get disruptive children the help they need to become productive members of society.

Currently, many of our tax dollars come disproportionately from the poor. The poor do not get to save sales taxes by buying on line. The poor do not get to save sales taxes by buying an automobile in another county. The poor cannot afford electric cars. 

Many of you are not choosing wisely to avoid a future full of expensive problems.