tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post1308032184731158398..comments2023-10-10T06:51:06.526-04:00Comments on Ryan's Take: It's Time to Take Out a Second MortgageRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-86189065695212586672007-08-18T01:29:00.000-04:002007-08-18T01:29:00.000-04:00If you know of a way to fix all of our problems fo...If you know of a way to fix all of our problems for free, let me know. I'll start the Bob-Neer-for-President campaign with haste. <BR/><BR/>Money is certainly an issue, but clearly not the only one. There was a lot more political will, I'm sure, to start a wide-sweeping project that would get rid of the central artery and forever change Boston's landscape, replacing rusty bridges with picturesque parks. It isn't so politically sexy to fix the Longfellow Bridge and countless other necessary projects across Massachusetts - though, collectively, they'll cost way more than the entire Big Dig (which, in all reality, was almost a second mortgage for the state and one of the reasons why we may need to take out a one today). <BR/><BR/>Lastly, I don't think our state should go into huge debt to pay for these works. I'd rather bite the bullet and face a few years of higher taxes, but good luck convincing the public that thinks such expenses are anathema to their liberty when it's the very thing that provides the them roads to get to their jobs that actually affords them their liberty.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-22111090718308409962007-08-18T00:32:00.000-04:002007-08-18T00:32:00.000-04:00Is money really the issue, do you think? After all...Is money really the issue, do you think? After all, we spent an enormous amount on the Big Dig and wound up with the problems you cite. What makes you think that a "second mortgage" would solve the problem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914835493825903678noreply@blogger.com