The biggest indicator that my election was a finesse...was this tax. Measuer ER, a fat sales tax increase was on the ballot and LOSING on election night. Until, suddenly, all the ballots Nithya magically found after the election voted overwhelmingly in favor of a tax increase. Not income tax on rich people...a SALES tax, which is a regressive tax that overwhelmingly hurts low income & middle class people.
When cost of living is the prevailing issue this election cycle, please explain this to me? All the downwardly mobile hipsters you think voted by mail at the last minute overwhelmingly voted for Nithya AND voted to raise taxes on themselves? LMAO.
Starting today, LA County ties for the highest baseline county sales tax rate in the entire United States at 10.25%. Lancaster and Palmdale, where many of my friends and people I know already struggle to make ends meet, sales tax is now 11.75% - the highest in the state.
I still just don’t understand how we keep voting to continuously give more & more money to our local government while services continue to get worse, our politicians continue to give more of our money to their friends, and fraud goes unchecked.
How does this actually help everyday Angelenos who have both mom and dad working and sometimes it’s not even enough to support their families?
This is not helping our kids. It’s not making schools better. It’s not making roads better or helping with public transit. It’s not making us safer. It’s not making housing more affordable, or food, or gas or utilities. Why do we keep voting for more and more tax increases and worse and worse politicians?