Researcher: ‘Angry’ Locals Want to Know Where Tax Dollars Went as Fires Destroy Los Angeles

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-13 00:02:34 | Updated at 2025-01-13 02:55:47 2 hours ago

Researcher: ‘Angry’ Locals Want to Know Where Tax Dollars Went as Fires Destroy Los Angeles
Breitbart ^ | January 12, 2025 | Amy Furr

Posted on 01/12/2025 3:58:31 PM PST by Morgana

Los Angeles residents angered by local officials’ response to the fires devastating their communities are now questioning how their tax dollars are being used, a researcher told Fox News.

Kristian Fors, a Los Angeles County resident and research fellow at the California-based Independent Institute, told the outlet on Sunday that Californians assume their leaders will fix problems that arise, Fox News reported.

“I think at its core level, we, the citizens of the United States and of Los Angeles, we expect certain provisions from our government. And when people see that our basic needs are not being met, they’re angry,” he continued:

I think the people of California — they’re willing to pay high taxes. They’re willing to support things that maybe they don’t necessarily agree with because there is a basic assumption that underlies it all, that our government is here to take care of us. But now in a situation like this, when there’s total mismanagement, when people are scared, when there’s 0% containment, people are asking themselves a question, what did all those tax dollars go for?

The death toll from the wildfires that are leaving the Los Angeles area in ashes rose to 16 on Sunday, according to Breitbart News.

In addition, “Some 150,000 people in Los Angeles County are now under evacuation orders with another 700-plus people taking refuge in nine shelters,” the article said.

CBS New York reported on Saturday there are four major fires burning in the Los Angeles area and more than 12,000 structures had been destroyed:

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: democrats; taxes

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1 posted on 01/12/2025 3:58:31 PM PST by Morgana

To: Morgana

2 posted on 01/12/2025 3:59:40 PM PST by Chickensoup

To: Morgana

That is an easy answer. To the politicians that they elected.

3 posted on 01/12/2025 3:59:48 PM PST by Dacula

To: Morgana

They need to check with the Jamaican/Indian/Canadian Kawliga Harris.

4 posted on 01/12/2025 4:00:13 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Florida Felons "convicted" in New Yawk Kangaroo Courts by bozos make the best presidents!!!)

To: Morgana

Anyone who thinks their tax dollars in Los Angeles are primarily used to help them needs serious counseling for mental illness.

Lobotomy may be the only known cure.

5 posted on 01/12/2025 4:00:52 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)

To: Chickensoup

At least they are waking up

6 posted on 01/12/2025 4:01:48 PM PST by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )

To: Morgana

What about the death toll in Western North Carolina?

7 posted on 01/12/2025 4:01:56 PM PST by Dacula

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