Her plan: "Don't punish poor people with taxes to fund transit. Punish poor people by dismantling transit waiting for the perfect funding scheme"
This is literally the exact same playbook billionaires used to kill a transit tax referendum in Nashville:
But we already have a viable funding scheme, tax the billionaires class. There's no shortage of tech billionaires in Silicon Valley (which is part of San Fancisco) that would be a fantastic source of tax revenue.
Edit: I stand corrected, Silicon Valley is near SF technically not in SF. Still plenty of billionaires there to tax.
If anybody was confused as I was, here's what I found when I looked it up: Yes, a sales tax is a bad idea for transit funding, since it's among the most regressive of taxes. The issue here is that Chun seems to oppose any transit funding source, like the proposed congestion pricing, or bridge tolls.
When this dumbass war ends, and 1-2 years from now people realize the gas prices are never coming down, it's really going to fucking suck that THESE assholes got elected.
We should be planning MORE for a carless future, not less, because cars are becoming cost-prohibitive.
Sales taxes are regional. If she's talking about a non-regressive tax, it could be funded with a regional $10/gallon fuel tax. That would also encourage public transit usage.
Wow she's fucking stupid
What the fuck is she saying??
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