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Here's how to gauge whether you're a fiscal conservative or liberal: Read this item about how at least 120 California towns took $700 million in tax money for affordable housing in 2000-2008, and ended up building no new housing units with the money. See how towns used the money to pay political hacks to "research" housing without ever making recommendations -- classic patronage do-nothing jobs. And then gauge your reaction. If you think "that's outrageous, they wasted the money, they should pay it back to us," you're a conservative. If you think "that's outrageous, we need to spend that money on more housing, let's pass a bill and allocate more money and do it right next time," you're a liberal, or a Bush-era pseudo-conservative. (Los Angeles Times)
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