Re: Sudro Expansion
Originally Posted by
Hammersmith
Maintenance, staffing, insurance, etc. In the long run, the state probably ends paying more for the new building than the construction cost total.
But those payments are not a function of actual expenses or need, but the new funding formula.
Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
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Scrooge-"And the Union workhouses." . "Are they still in operation?". "Both very busy, sir..."
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
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