"trimet taxes high earners to tackle homelessness" what in the living god are you talking about?
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I wish!
aug 29, 2025, 3:48 pm • 4 0 • view
This ballotpedia.org/Portland_Met...
aug 29, 2025, 2:50 pm • 0 0 • view
You don't live here, do you?
aug 29, 2025, 2:50 pm • 3 0 • view
No, but did I say something wrong?
aug 29, 2025, 3:05 pm • 0 0 • view
Trimet is our transit system. And also you're stumbling into a political discourse that you aren't familiar with, and don't even have the conceptual framework to discuss.
aug 29, 2025, 3:06 pm • 6 0 • view
That I know, but it’s still a tax on high earners, isn’t it?
aug 29, 2025, 3:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Are you asking me or are you asking about how people feel in general or how it's being portrayed by some people versus others?
aug 29, 2025, 3:10 pm • 2 0 • view
All I said was that Portland already taxes its high earners, and yet it still hasn’t solved the issues mentioned, especially the housing crisis. That’s it. Did I get anything wrong? Doesn’t Portland actually tax high earners at a rate higher than California’s top rate?
aug 29, 2025, 3:15 pm • 0 0 • view
We also outlawed crime and haven't solved that yet either.
aug 29, 2025, 5:44 pm • 2 0 • view
I mean, I already pointed out what you said that was wrong, and now I'm pointing out that you're asking a question loaded around the discourse without understanding what you're asking. Like do you understand your question already concedes what is a point of contention in favor of the tax itself?
aug 29, 2025, 3:16 pm • 2 0 • view
I meant TriMet area. Point still stands: Portland is already taxing its highest earners. A tax was meant to solve homelessness, yet the crisis persists. It may have come from good intentions, but you can’t tax a problem out of existence.
aug 29, 2025, 3:31 pm • 0 0 • view
That's the thing. There is no "trimet area" to anyone who lives here. Trimet is only the name of our transit. The term you're looking for is metro. The SHS wasn't meant to "Solve homelessness." It was meant to support people, which it does.
aug 29, 2025, 3:33 pm • 4 0 • view