""Vote No on Measure A" isn't about "survival." It's about accountability and sustainable planning. It's about protecting Santa Clara County from financial collapse. This isn't the time to slip a tax hike through quietly in the middle of the night, just because next year's ballot is already crowded with new tax proposals. Measure A is tone deaf to the inflationary pressures our residents are facing. It's a panic move - firing off fiscal flares instead of charting a responsible, long-term course."
"Before demanding another dime from taxpayers, the county should explain how its budget nearly doubled - from $7 billion to $13.5 billion - in just a few years, while its deficit continues to spiral out of control. If that's not sheer mismanagement, what is? The real problem isn't revenue - it's spending County leaders warn of a $4.4 billion annual shortfall by 2030,"
"It stems from poor decisions - particularly the county's costly takeover of failing private hospitals it managed perfectly well without for decades. Rather than focusing on efficient governance, Santa Clara County has turned itself into a sprawling health care bureaucracy, and now taxpayers are being asked to bail out years of mismanagement. It's time to draw the line - no new taxes. Not today. Not tomorrow."
Measure A proposes a 0.625% sales-tax increase in Santa Clara County, raising San Jose's rate to nearly 10% and higher in some cities. The tax is presented as a short-term fix for a projected multibillion-dollar deficit, but most of the fiscal gap stems from rising spending, including a rapid budget increase from $7 billion to $13.5 billion in recent years and costly county takeovers of failing private hospitals. The proposal is criticized as inflationary and regressive, unlikely to address structural inefficiencies. The recommendation is to reject new taxes, demand fiscal accountability, and pursue long-term governance and spending reforms.
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