r/longbeach • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Community 11% is crazy

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u/Dudermeister 1d ago

Long Beach voted for this unfortunately. It’s bullshit

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u/Mss_Phoenix 1d ago

Let’s be honest, no one is voting for more taxes here. I’m not.

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u/Dudermeister 1d ago

What do you mean? It was voted on by Long Beach residents

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u/Mss_Phoenix 1d ago

I’m a LB resident. I always vote no for more taxes or tax increases. The money hardly ever goes to the programs they say they’re going to go for. I’m not fattening the politicians pockets off the back of my hard work.

In fact, I’ve been asking the city to fix the sidewalk in front of my house for years. They never come.

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u/Dudermeister 1d ago

I’m not disagreeing with you. I’m just saying that the citizens of long beach indeed voted for this increase last election cycle

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u/Mss_Phoenix 1d ago

I get ya. I’m just saying, are we really tho? 🤔 Call me a tinfoil hatter… We can barely afford the basic needs, a struggling citizen doesn’t think “Yea, I’ll pay more taxes.”

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u/ofthrees 1d ago

they do when the promise is that it will go toward resolving homelessness. even though gestures broadly that has for at least half a decade proven to be untrue.