Edmontonians pay taxes for services and infrastructure they do not personally use.
· captured from a post · Discussed by 2 people
The question it is checked under
Who pays for Edmonton's roads, drivers or everybody?
This claim is checked as part of that question. One brief covers every claim under it, and each claim still gets its own finding.
The investigation's outcomeGoing ahead
Municipal budgets and intergovernmental funding records can show how much road money comes from property taxes, fuel-tax transfers and other sources shared by drivers and cyclists.
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Where it came from
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.
Facebook post · captured · 621 comments
How it was said
Every wording of this claim found in the source, quoted exactly. The names are pseudonyms, one to a person within the source; the number is the comment's place in the captured thread.
We all pay taxes. We may not use all of the services our taxes fund.
Mossy Beaver J. · comment 70
We all pay for things we don’t use with our taxes because we are part of a society and municipality.
Mossy Beaver J. · comment 73
I am also paying for paved freeways that I don’t use
Icy Muskrat A. · comment 167