{"id":99511,"date":"2025-09-15T18:53:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/?p=99511"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:41:16","slug":"who-benefits-from-the-tripling-of-the-transportation-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/who-benefits-from-the-tripling-of-the-transportation-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Benefits From The Tripling of the Transportation Tax?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\n\t\t\tWho Benefits?: How the Transit Tax Puts the Weight on Working Families\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Politicians and business elites love to tell us this new sales tax is &#8220;just a penny.&#8221; But let&#8217;s talk about what that penny really means. This so-called 1% increase would raise Charlotte&#8217;s sales tax rate to 8.25%; a 14% jump overall and a tripling of the current transportation tax.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a CEO sipping lattes in a South End high-rise, maybe that feels like pocket change. But if you&#8217;re a working-class family already deciding whether to fill the gas tank or buy everyday essentials, those pennies stack up.<\/p>\n\t<style>\n  .video-container {\n    position: relative;\n    width: 100%;\n    padding-bottom: 56.25%; \/* 16:9 aspect ratio (you can change if your video is another aspect) *\/\n    height: 0;\n    overflow: hidden;\n  }\n  .video-container iframe {\n    position: absolute;\n    top: 0;\n    left: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 100%;\n    border: 0;\n  }\n<\/style>\n  <iframe src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16bx2bW09htpSvzz3OuQzEjs1SHkOjUuV\/preview\"\n          allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\"\n          allowfullscreen>\n  <\/iframe>\n<h2>\n\t\t\t85,800 Pennies Per Year\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>\u00a0And where does it hit hardest? On the essentials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">School supplies for your kids\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Diapers and baby formula\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Hygiene products and non-prescription medicine\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Children&#8217;s clothing\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Family dinners out, birthdays, and holidays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nChristmas gifts? $120 more a year<br \/>\nEating out occasionally? Another $120<br \/>\nAnd don&#8217;t forget, teachers and parents are footing the bill for classrooms out of pocket. This tax adds insult to injury.\n<h2>\n\t\t\tWho Benefits?\t<\/h2>\n\tNot the bus riders in West Charlotte still waiting for the bus in the rain.<br \/>\nNot the families in South Charlotte who have to work two jobs just to stay afloat.\n<p>No, the real winners are downtown developers and corporate headquarters, who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Get walkable access\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">See their property values rise\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Receive public subsidies to attract a shiny new workforce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s a trickle-up tax. They make the promises, and you pay the bill.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tNo Voice, No Relief\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The most offensive part? The communities bearing the cost had no real seat at the table when this was planned. The proposed routes won&#8217;t even reach many of our neighborhoods. And still, we&#8217;re told to &#8220;do our part&#8221; for &#8220;the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But whose future are we funding?<\/p>\n<p>Because when we hear polished politicians say, <i>&#8220;This time it will be different,&#8221;<\/i> we know better. We&#8217;ve heard that before. And every time, it ends the same way:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The skyline gets shinier.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The developers grow wealthier.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">And the working class is left holding the bag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tCharlotte Can Do Better\t<\/h2>\n\tWe need transit. No doubt.<br \/>\nBut we need it built with us, not on our backs.\nNot with rushed plans.<br \/>\nNot with vague answers.<br \/>\nNot with taxes that punish the people who can least afford it.\nLet&#8217;s stand up and say NO to this tax.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s demand a transit plan that serves everyone, not just the elite few already sitting pretty in Uptown.\n<p>Because it&#8217;s not &#8220;just a penny.&#8221; It&#8217;s your livelihood. Your kids&#8217; clothes. Your future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Benefits?: How the Transit Tax Puts the Weight on Working Families Politicians and business elites love to tell us this new sales tax is &#8220;just a penny.&#8221; But let&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99511"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99516,"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99511\/revisions\/99516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionnc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}