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Why don’t far-left activists fight for issues that matter here in our own backyard like:
1) Having a useful police department
2) Portland public schools
3) Trimet
4) affordable housing
5) affordable utilities / groceries
We have so many figurative fires to put out here in Portland that we ALL experience every single day. Why is that not our most pressing social/political issue?
We pay more tax per head here in PDX than anywhere in the US besides NYC.
I think we can all agree that our local tax dollars/resources are not being used effectively.
My home is about $750k according to Zillow, $500k according to the county. It was built in 1954. No idea what the fuck you're on about. Property tax is well above 3% thanks to all the bond measures.
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/report-high-tax-rates-could-be-driving-people-out-of-portland/
"High earners" are considered those who make $125k/year, which is pretty damn middle class around here, especially if you're raising kids. If you're between that amount and a few mil you're actually paying more than you would in NYC.
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I applaud your effort, but we can't rely on volunteer work for the basic services a city should provide. We need road maintenance, law enforcement, public schools, public transit, homeless services, etc. All these things are terribly mismanaged and no amount of street level volunteer work will fix it.