More tax... that will fix it! Thanks Salem!

Salem wants to tax people that work in the city of Salem to pay for police and fire. They are calling it Safe Salem Fund 2023  They're starting with a need for $19.4 million annually.  That's interesting because the Oregon Lottery profited 900M last year, and 900M the year before.  Oregon Lottery Reports Its Highest Profit Ever .

I understand that the Lottery is state wide and the Salem Safe Fund is for the needs of Salem alone but they shouldn't be taking from people who barely make it check to check - especially when you factor the higher than state average rents, higher property taxes here and lower wages here than Portland. I believe the machines that contribute to crime and homelessness should pay for police and shelters, etc. They pay for parks. Which is a hoot because they locked up all the park restrooms because of the homeless problem. The city has to hire vendors to do the camp clean ups in the parks, meanwhile the lottery office is sitting over there in a building made of granite. I paid a hefty income tax last year and they told me I still owe more at the end of it, and now they want to take more from us. What about people that don't live in Salem? A lot of the people that work at the hospital commute to work here and if this thing passes, will have the privilege of paying even more so Salem can fund the police in a town they are not a resident. The website has an option to use "Balancing act" to do a budget simulation and submit the results, but it doesn't actually allow you to do anything. It6 certainly doesn't allow you to pull money from the lottery. 

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