Author Topic: What would you buy for $700,000 dollars.......... (Read 4476 times)

Nails · « **on:** August 30, 2011, 02:33:20 PM »

http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-02-27/bay-area/17142349_1_historic-preservation-san-francisco-city-hall-historic-building

The San Francisco City Hall Supervisors Chamber will spend $700,000

of California tax payer dollars to build this 10 foot long WHEEL CHAIR RAMP $:-\$

No wonder California is a broke ass state

Nails · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2011, 02:34:34 PM »

maybe they can hire johnny falcon to knock this one out for $600 grand

JBGRAY · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2011, 02:38:01 PM »

Just get some fellas from China, maybe the same ones that made MLK's memorial bust. Just think with that money, you could have had at least a dozen toilet seats in the military.

El Diablo Blanco · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2011, 02:38:30 PM »

Wouldn't it be cheaper to go to a playground. Hire one of those monkey bar gymnast black guys and pay him $30000 a year to stand at the steps and help carry handicappers up to the chair if one should ever come by?

Disgusted · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2011, 02:56:29 PM »

Yeah but God forbid a few welfare recipients smoke some weed.

CAPTAIN INSANO · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2011, 03:49:53 PM »

Brutal $:-\$

Irongrip400 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2011, 03:57:26 PM »

Quote from: JBGRAY on August 30, 2011, 02:38:01 PM

Just get some fellas from China, maybe the same ones that made MLK's memorial bust. Just think with that money, you could have had at least a dozen toilet seats in the military.

You'd be surprised at why that is. Gov't spending is atrocious.

ManBearPig... · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2011, 06:38:58 PM »

maybe it's some old wood, so the wheelchair ramp can look "vintage"?

Marty Champions · « **Reply #8 on:** August 30, 2011, 06:45:35 PM »

god forbid they just use a sheet of 1/2 inch thick plywood

KevinP85 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2011, 06:53:53 PM »

And they should ask TA what kind of wood/materials to use.

20inch calves · « **Reply #10 on:** August 30, 2011, 11:00:31 PM »

goverment spending at its finest. i like reading about all the grants given to scientists every year. things like 100k for studying gold fish

dyslexic · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:27:38 AM »

I would gift it to everyone I could trust...

wait...

I guess that means I would keep it.

L00n · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:56:48 AM »

damn,that thing cost max 200-300$ at least in my shitty country ,,

Tito24 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2011, 02:28:17 AM »

cant they just crawl?

Emmortal · « **Reply #14 on:** August 31, 2011, 02:45:26 AM »

Only liberal girls in SF would hire a city official in a wheel chair.

ManBearPig... · « **Reply #15 on:** August 31, 2011, 04:33:39 AM »

in San Francisco, circumsision (male) and owning of goldfish is illegal.

Swede! · « **Reply #16 on:** August 31, 2011, 05:00:43 AM »

Im glad your country isn't in debt at least. Because spending 700.000$ on something that be easily done with 10.000$ and still have some money to spend isn't very bright.

#1 Klaus fan · « **Reply #17 on:** August 31, 2011, 05:21:05 AM »

Quote from: Swede! on August 31, 2011, 05:00:43 AM

Im glad your country isn't in debt at least. Because spending 700.000$ on something that be easily done with 10.000$ and still have some money to spend isn'y very bright.

+ the space program up and running.

Tito24 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 31, 2011, 05:47:45 AM »

the superpower of al capone is in his last stages.

Tapeworm · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2011, 05:51:47 AM »

Old government contract joke. The contractor from Pennsylvania bids $60k, the contractor from Rhode Island bids $50k, and the guy from Jersey says "I'll do it for $100k."

"$100,000?! That's way more than the other guys! Why should I give you the job?" asks the bureaucrat.

"I make $25k, you make $25k, and we subcontract the guy from Rhode Island to do the work."

Tre · « **Reply #20 on:** August 31, 2011, 06:01:39 AM »

You wouldn't believe that amount of public money siphoned off out here to get through the red tape.

You're far better off just running any business as off the grid as possible.

Super Natural · « **Reply #21 on:** August 31, 2011, 07:33:33 AM »

That's ridiculous... You'll probably find they have yearly budget assigned to them, and if they don't spend it they won't get it next year...

Dr Dutch · « **Reply #22 on:** August 31, 2011, 09:27:18 AM »

But it looks great....!

leadhead · « **Reply #23 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:12:20 PM »

Just that rendering alone probably cost 50k in labor..