Phoenix voters on Tuesday approved a sales tax increase that would pay for an expansion of its light rail system.
By a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent, voters nearly doubled the sales tax for transit from 0.4 percent to 0.7 percent (the overall sales tax in Phoenix was bumped from 8.3 percent to 8.6 percent) until 2050 to fund 42 new miles of light-rail tracks, more bus routes and street improvements that are part of a $31 billion plan (also funded by passenger fares and federal and county money) called Proposition 104.
Not a knock on the people of Phoenix. I doubt the people of Philadelphia would vote for more taxes to support our commie trains.