88bmwjeff
SF Bay Area
Except that we passed State Bill 1 a few years ago and then, when someone got repealing it on the ballot a couple years later, it was roundly defeated and we've continued the tax.
Look at any of the roads projects here and you'll usually see the big SB1 sign on it. WRT to taxation to pay for all the stuff in the IRA, unless you make more than $400K/year or you're a corporation that has successfully evaded paying taxes, you're not going to see a change in your taxes.
I don't mind paying for taxes if I feel like I'm getting my money's worth. Increasingly over the last few years here, I feel like I am.
Yes, we passed SB 1, but that's a day late and dollar short-so to speak. Yes, it's better than nothing, but it's only a drop in the bucket for what is needed, IMO. The roads you drive on must be in better condition than the ones I have to drive on. My job takes me all over the Bay Area in good and not so good areas (I've been in them all). The streets in some locations are just in terrible condition. It's the thoroughfares, access roads, highways, etc. that typically get the money while the side streets get little to no attention. Some side streets look like they've seen no maintenance in decades. I've hit so many potholes that I've given up with wheel alignments, since they only seem to last a few months before a pothole knocks them out of alignment. Yes, I wear out tires quicker, but it's actually less expensive than getting a couple wheel alignments a year.
Sorry that this is another tangent to the original thread.