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My point remains...you're not paying for infrastructure. You also missed the chicken/egg...high taxes a component of the high cost of living that causes people
by claydavisss 8y ago
My point remains...you're not paying for infrastructure.
You also missed the chicken/egg...high taxes a component of the high cost of living that causes people to move in the first place.
California's poverty rate has risen with the population...the poor are moving in and they are not impacted by most tax measures, so they have no reason to oppose them.
- jorblumesea 8y agoYou are paying for infrastructure. $50 / billion a year, 4% of the total budget. Not including specific city budgets and local spending. https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_2009_2024CAb_60t https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_2009_202... Taxes are just one side of the same coin, the high cost of living is really just a density issue. Lots of high paying jobs, lots of Nimby building practices and little density and transit investment. Tokyo is a city of 20 million people yet is far more affordable and even has higher taxes. California didn't build to support it's population. If these secondary cities make the same mistake, they too will be high cost/unlivable places.