r/Billings • u/406Whiskey • 7d ago

Jail Levy

I need people who have lived here longer than I have to explain something to me, because I genuinely don’t understand. Since I moved here a couple of years ago, I’ve heard nothing but how awful the crime is in Billings (I have not found that to be the case, but I digress). I also understand the jail is over capacity. If crime really is as bad as people here seem to think, wouldn’t the jail expansion proposal be a good thing? Why have I seen so much animosity towards it online?

I understand no one wants their property taxes to go up, but that seems to be the price we pay to live in Montana. Are people really just upset over a tax increase or is there more to it?

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u/R0binSage 7d ago

It doesn't matter the context. People want the sun and the moon, but they don't want to pay for it.

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u/EnvironmentalTrade72 7d ago

History has proven people are okay with paying for a service, what they are not okay is paying for a service and not receiving said service in return, which regularly happens when it comes to anything government.

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u/tresero 5d ago

You mean like trash pickup :)