Taxation and the middle class

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Cities on the other hand have no such goals or flexibility, ultimately they have little discretionary spending like police, most of their spending is on infrastructure, which should be replaced on a set schedule.

Kitchener operating budget for this year was $427M; the capital budget was $118M ($38M of that goes toward addressing the current "infrastructure deficit"). 32% of the operating budget is for community services and 27% is for infrastructure services.

NB The region carries both operating expenses (transit, police etc) and capital expenditures (regional roads etc).