[ppaul]

...to bankroll invest in city programs and salaries for everything from the Municipal Railway to health care for the needy.

There.
Now it complies with Democrap, politically correct doubleespeak.
Wasteful social spending is always referred to as "investments".
Foolishness is always referred to as "our values".
And, after the last 10 years, the public apparently has swallowed it.

BTW: Have you noticed how the "needy" recipients of these "investments" openly defocate and urinate on the sidewalks of the City by the Bay? Downtown stinks to high heaven, and nothing is done about it.

[Carry_Okie]

Foolishness is always referred to as "our values".
And, after the last 10 years, the public apparently has swallowed it.

Methinks it is because the people of San Francisco were busy swallowing something else.

I'll go hide now.