Taking a closer look at Prop. 479 on the Arizona ballot

[@msm91101usa]

Increase the tax over alcohol and tabacco products and decrease for essential food items.

[@murphytoadster9864]

Tax food stamp purchases

[@BrianandMoe]

Another friggen tax! Give me a break NO! We are over 10% now, government is out of control!

[@Catherine______]

It's not another one it's one that we already have they just want to continue it

[@DesertStacker]

Lol,you can vote however you like,the tax will not go away

[@PKPhoenix83]

All that new sales, income, and property tax revenue should be enough. If the state can't fund growth of the millions who moved here in the last decade it's doing something wrong. No on any tax or bond measure. Make the government learn to live with less.

[@andyroo9381]

But can the people learn to live with less?

[@PKPhoenix83]

@@andyroo9381 Less what? The state has more money than it ever has. Just because you earn a higher salary doesn't automatically mean spend more money.

[@hs41069]

Show us how efficient the spending is. I can guarantee you there is complete wasteful spending. Bid out the projects and let the market compete. I trust my money more with me than the government.

[@cjumilla1]

Have California pay for it ! They sent us all the trash

[@lillylem]

What about the Marijuana tax? Why isn't that money being looked at to fund this propsition? Vote No on 479.

[@andyroo9381]

I don't mind paying a small tax, along with the rest of Maricopa residents, to keep our freeways safe and running. Yeah, the State Legislature should come up with their own funding for these projects, but they don't and they never have. It is a Republican held legislature that never wants to tax anyone. They always wimp out and turn it into a Prop vote.

[@came7494]

Absolutely voting yes

[@TomTom-zv7ci]

Whare does all the ticket money go? How about DMV tag money? State taxes? Tax on the car you buy? That should be for roads

[@elizabethannpesco9781]

Roads are already horrible. Haven’t seen these improvements..

[@jerbwood]

Voting NO on 479 would be pretty ridiculous.

[@smoothoperator1083]

Arizona is the 2nd coming of California. I was going to move there I'm glad i did not. California 2.0 right there in 15 years!💯

[@myopinionwhileIcanstillhaveone]

Boeing, Google, and the chip factories should pay to up keep Arizona. All giant corporations should pay to keep up Arizona if they are going to use it's resources and citizens.

[@Bradley-Thomsen]

Many would argue that they are. They are paying salaries to employees who then pay tax that pays for the roads and other goods in the state. It's a trickledown.

[@myopinionwhileIcanstillhaveone]

@Bradley-Thomsen the only ones who would argue that point are either uneducated on the subject or are encouraging corporations to continue to take from the citizens. We pay these corporations with tax breaks and subsidies. Corporations don't make record profits from giving back to the community. They corrupt governments to bend laws in their favor. All this so the elite can continue to own 99% of the money.

[@CaptainIronhook]

lol those companies not USING the citizens...They are PAYING THE CITIZENS. It's called SALARY

[@trinidad7632]

That is 99% where is my 1% going 😤 Still vote yes we are not Tucson were not doing pot holes

[@SamsonBiggz]

Half a cent is nothing to a baller like me. Plus I hate potholes. I vote yes.

[@murphytoadster9864]

We pay more and more each year and the roads are 10x crappier than back in 1998-2004. Az used to be known for good road quality. Now all the money goes to light rail bs

[@michaelscott4718]

tucson desperatly needs to start charging for the busses again letting the dope fiends ride it for free all day long only fuels tucson homless drug problem. our busses are unsafe for anyone let alone my child. all of tucson is suffering becasue of this issue.

[@FindingFyNyth]

Tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax ENOUGH!

[@Mr.Spanky]

Did you know Tempe and Mesa used to be separated by dirt you could find Jasper as big as your hand in those fields that were not developed

[@thorax4u]

What happened to Biden's infrastructure bill... did that all but evaporate?

[@Emotional-Damage-Failure]

Oh it’s a continuation… so that makes it ok. ✅

[@AmeeRoehrs]

Appreciate the detailed breakdown! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

[@juvenalsaenz8289]

I will voto NO , we already paying taxes on everything, NO NO NO ….

[@andyroo9381]

Don't shoot yourself in the foot. You use our freeways just as much as anyone else who pays.

[@azmick662]

Taxes, once implemented, never go away. When the legislature is too cowardly to do their jobs, they make it a PROP on the ballot.

[@tombev9717]

Did you not hear it's not a new tax but an existing half cent from the sales tax already on the books, yes if you just want it to continue

[@quik37silver]

37% for public transit!? Umm, that's a hard no for me... we don't need to waste money on light rails and city busses that over 99% of us don't use! If 100% of the money went for highways/roads, then I wouldn't object. But not going to subsidize mass transit, so this is a NO for me.

[@marzbee115]

Prop 479: sponsored by big auto

[@Mr.Spanky]

Public transportation is what is wrong with this country

[@c.s7716]

They will just hold the money hell no

[@andyroo9381]

The tax funds go to repair existing freeways and build new freeways. You use the freeways just as much as anyone else!

[@krabgrass]

Is the money from rec weed to fix our half-assed infrastructure instead. So much congestion in this overpriced dump due to overdevelopment.

[@Mr.Spanky]

Dobson road was never like bad until the light rail was built

[@BrianandMoe]

No

[@kek3908]

Just vote no.

[@andyroo9381]

You use the freeway system too! This tax amounts to keeping us on safe freeways.

[@kek3908]

@@andyroo9381 Incorrect

[@garcjr]

Look at how Tucson is, because there for decades they opposed every transportation improvement project. They're not beginning to play catch up. But you know the worst roads here are the best roads there.

[@janengdahl6710]

What they don't tell you is 60% is earmarked for mass transportation...wasting billions on a few miles while they can't seem to put a decent highway to Maricopa etc

[@garcjr]

What's wrong with mass transportation?

[@janengdahl6710]

@@garcjr nothing if you live in a city with a small area,BUT Phoenix area is over 100 miles wide and 50 miles long. We don't have one central area, we have several smaller "central villages". That's what the old leaders called it. We had a mass transit on Central Ave in the 1920's...never anywhere else ..

[@kreg]

37% is mass transit, 40% is highways, and 23% is road improvements is what the video said. Not saying your overall point is wrong though - public transit in a spread out city like PHX or Houston is much different than NYC or even Seattle.

[@ray_donovan_v4]

Part of what i have noticed, living in various states, is traffic.. Ill make reference to the new Jersey turnpike.. The NJTP, has two functions, that the 10 doesnt have.. "Through lanes".. the NJTP has dedicated through lanes for truckers and interstate travel, which does relieve some congestion for working commuters, or local traffic means.. Something the 10 lacks, which causes some major traffic clogs , from CA, to NM, through Phoenix. The other thing i noticed, is cross valley travel.. E W travel (when not near the loops) is basically traffic lights.. or highway congestion. 😢

[@RustyStagg]

The roads really need to be fixed in Arizona because of the heat

[@yttrailerparknews]

Yeah, nice well at least some people get to vote. I got kicked off the voter rules. Apparently I have to go show my birth certificate that I’ve already shown them.

[@kek3908]

Thank a Democrat

[@owensomers8572]

@@kek3908 Sorry Kiki, GOP has held the AZ House and Senate for over 30 years, and the Governor's office for most of that time.

[@kek3908]

@owensomers8572 Still angry your boyfriend didn't give you a reach around this morning I see. Don't be angry, just get a better boyfriend. 😅🤣😂

[@owensomers8572]

@@kek3908 I almost feel sorry for you incels.

[@owensomers8572]

@@kek3908 I almost feel sorry for you in cells!

[@CaptainIronhook]

37% GOES TO TRANSIT?! ARE YOU INSANE?!?!?! Need to put MORE into highways & roads, and LESS into Public Transit since barely anyone even uses Transit Systems

[@MazIsProgramming]

If this doesn't pass, we could see our highways deteriorate like other cities.

[@jeremygregorio7472]

I would much rather see less regressive taxation. Meaning taxes that don't hit working Arizonas in the pocketbook and instead go after the upper class who can afford this. We just gave out a huge subsidy to the richest Arizonans with that school voucher program. 90% of that went to rich people who are already sending their kids to private schools. Instead of taxing my groceries how about we do away with that stupid voucher program first

[@blackdubz]

Jeremy groceries are not taxed in Arizona.

[@chucksucks8640]

I support communism too :)

[@thelaguyinphoenix7837]

Ask the AZ Legislature that. Also, I do want good public transit and similar things. Also, food is not taxed, especially in Phx.

[@andyroo9381]

The Governor should turn around and put an extra tax on the people who use the voucher program to send their kids to private schools.

[@jeremygregorio7472]

@@andyroo9381 That's not how it works. The governor can't impose taxes all they can do is wait for the legislature to do that. Or in this case to remove the voucher program and make rich people pay for their own private schools. What the governor can do is veto bad laws from the Republican state legislature while the voters gradually vote out those corrupt for Republicans

[@GayleAllen-RINO]

DONNIE is the pumpkin, that we are throwing out in NOV

[@HeritageSoftail]

What democratic run state have you lived in before? Serious question. I'll wait for your answer. I'm from Chicago. Leave Arizona alone

[@GayleAllen-RINO]

@@HeritageSoftail Calif, stationed at Camp Pendelton

[@HeritageSoftail]

@@GayleAllen-RINO So why didn't you stay in California? Why move to a state to screw it over?

[@HeritageSoftail]

@@GayleAllen-RINO I was a Democrat involved in Chicago politics for 37 years. You want Arizona to be another Chicago?

[@GayleAllen-RINO]

@@HeritageSoftail I lived in Tucson, my husband was TPD lawdog for years. I will never again vote for any maga.