By Isaiah Braden
A local issue I feel should be addressed is where all of the citizens’ taxpayer money is going. The nature of the problem is people have high taxes but see little to no improvement in their community. This problem affects almost everyone whether they are employed, unemployed, wealthy, or working to make ends meet. Everyone pays some type of taxes for either property, sales tax, payroll taxes, income taxes, and more. This relates to the Rochester area because city sales tax is a combined 8% of 4% NYS tax and 4% County tax. Many low-middle income families pay high taxes and have to survive in poor environments or bad housing. People should care about this issue because it is their hard-earned money that is going to the government and being spent in the wrong areas or where the money is not really needed. This problem can be solved by the taxpayer themselves by choosing to opt-in for specific tax deductions. For example, if one would like to advocate for public education they will go through the process to pay more taxes towards that.
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