HeyJaredMarc Joffe
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Joffe: Vote ‘no’ on Regional Transit Measure. It will burden Bay Area’s poorest and isn’t needed to ‘save transit.’ (opens the original)
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The Bay Area “transit industrial complex” is once again demanding more money from hard pressed consumers. In November, voters in four counties will be asked to approve a 0.5% sales tax hike, lifting the total tax take to as high as 11.25% on purchases of clothes, prepared food, gas, school supplies and other essentials. In San Francisco, the sales tax hike would be 1.0%. RELATED: Schaaf: Vote ‘yes’ on Regional Transit Measure. We can’t afford to let Bay Area transit collapse. The tax — dubbed th
Joffe: Vote ‘no’ on Regional Transit Measure. It will burden Bay Area’s poorest and isn’t needed to ‘save transit.’ (opens the original)
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The Bay Area “transit industrial complex” is once again demanding more money from hard pressed consumers. In November, voters in four counties will be asked to approve a 0.5% sales tax hike, lifting the total tax take to as high as 11.25% on purchases of clothes, prepared food, gas, school supplies and other essentials. In San Francisco, the sales tax hike would be 1.0%. RELATED: Schaaf: Vote ‘yes’ on Regional Transit Measure. We can’t afford to let Bay Area transit collapse. The tax — dubbed th
Joffe: Vote ‘no’ on Regional Transit Measure. It will burden Bay Area’s poorest and isn’t needed to ‘save transit.’ (opens the original)
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The Bay Area “transit industrial complex” is once again demanding more money from hard pressed consumers. In November, voters in four counties will be asked to approve a 0.5% sales tax hike, lifting the total tax take to as high as 11.25% on purchases of clothes, prepared food, gas, school supplies and other essentials. In San Francisco, the sales tax hike would be 1.0%. RELATED: Schaaf: Vote ‘yes’ on Regional Transit Measure. We can’t afford to let Bay Area transit collapse. The tax — dubbed th
Opinion: Big-money Bay Area interests try to shift tax burden onto the poor (opens the original)
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Tax measures headed for the November ballot are producing some discordant responses. Take, for example, crypto-billionaire Chris Larsen. He is spending big to stop the Billionaire Wealth Tax while also spending big in support of this November’s transit sales tax. That measure will push total sales tax rates up by another 0.5% in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties, while adding 1% in San Francisco. If the tax passes, Oakland residents will pay 11.25% on essential items whi
Opinion: Big-money Bay Area interests try to shift tax burden onto the poor (opens the original)
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Tax measures headed for the November ballot are producing some discordant responses. Take, for example, crypto-billionaire Chris Larsen. He is spending big to stop the Billionaire Wealth Tax while also spending big in support of this November’s transit sales tax. That measure will push total sales tax rates up by another 0.5% in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties, while adding 1% in San Francisco. If the tax passes, Oakland residents will pay 11.25% on essential items whi
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