Edmontonians pay taxes for services and infrastructure they do not personally use.
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Municipal taxes funding shared services regardless of each resident's personal use is an undisputed feature of public finance.
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Who pays for Edmonton's roads, drivers or everybody?
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Taken from Yegscoop post on council's 2026-08-26 bike lane decision, read end to end. Every factual claim in it was extracted and merged, so this one is listed whatever became of it.
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We all pay taxes. We may not use all of the services our taxes fund.
Mossy Beaver J.
We all pay for things we don’t use with our taxes because we are part of a society and municipality.
Mossy Beaver J.
I am also paying for paved freeways that I don’t use
Icy Muskrat A.