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Because the government then uses those fees to build or upkeep a public good and the public is spared from having to pay the taxes to do so.
by Fatnino 4y ago
Because the government then uses those fees to build or upkeep a public good and the public is spared from having to pay the taxes to do so.
- kjksf 4y agoWhen exactly did that imaginary, completely made up "sparing of taxes" ever happened? This is San Francisco. The only thing I ever hear from politicians is an additional tax, on top of all the other taxes. But prove me wrong: when in the last 10 years did San Francisco "spared" or lowered taxes? San Francisco has a budget of $14 billion dollars. Paris, France: €4.4 billion euro. The issue is not lack of money but mind boggling, ineffective, corrupt spending of the money.
- Fatnino 4y agoTaxpayers are "spared" when a new tax doesn't get added on top because a project got it's funding elsewhere. I can't speak for the city level taxes in sf because I don't pay those, but I know that in California sometimes taxes can expire and the voters don't renew them.