Next month, we get to vote to raise a huge amount of new funding for education and transportation through Question 1 , the Fair Share Amendment. And we get a chance to make our roads safer and help immigrants come in from the shadows by voting yes on Question 4.

Question 1 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make our tax system fairer — and to invest in our public schools and colleges while making our roads and bridges safer. It would create a 4 percent tax on annual income above $1 million and constitutionally dedicate the funds to transportation and public education. Only people who earn more than $1 million annually will pay more; 99 percent of us won’t pay an additional penny.

Think about all these Dorchester schools that would get more funding for helping students do better in English, Math, Social Studies, Science, the Arts, and support services: the McCormack, Newcomers Academy, Burke High, the Clapp School, Community Academy of Science and Health, the Dever, Edward Everett, Lila G. Frederick, the Greenwood, Henderson, Holmes, Kenny, King, Lee, Mather, Murphy, Russell, Shaw, Tech Boston Academy, UP Academy, Codman Academy, Conservatory Lab Charter School, Neighborhood House Charter School, Boston Collegiate Charter School.

Question 1 will also help to fix neglected and structurally dangerous bridges, such as those over Dorchester Ave., Columbia Road, Woodrow Ave, Talbot Ave., Morton Street, and Washington Street. And it will help immensely in fixing the MBTA.

Billionaire-backed opponents of Question 1 are trying to confuse voters to avoid paying their fair share. But don’t fall for their misinformation. Question 1 isn’t a tax on businesses. And only one percent of homes in Massachusetts sell for enough to be affected by Question 1; just 895 of the roughly 100,000 homes (per Zillow) sold last year would trigger the tax!

The bottom line: Only those who earn more than $1 million in personal income in a single year will pay more. And the tax only applies to the amount of their income over $1 million. The top one percent of taxpayers, who currently pay less of their income in taxes than the rest of us, can afford to pay a little more to improve our schools, colleges, roads and bridges.

And because Question 1 would be written into the state Constitution, the Legislature would be constitutionally required to spend this new money — an estimated $2 billion every year— only on transportation and public education.

Voting yes on Question 4 keeps in effect the Work and Family Mobility Act passed by the Legislature last June. It will mean safer roads as all drivers will have to pass road tests and have insurance. It has been endorsed by numerous police chiefs, district attorneys, and sheriffs. It will help immigrants get driver’s licenses to get to jobs, medical appointments, and their kids’ schools. It will bring in millions in new revenue from tens of thousand of newly eligible drivers paying license and registration fees. Sixteen other states have passed this kind of law.

Please consider voting yes on both Questions 1 and Questions 4.

Lew Finfer is a Dorchester resident and with the Dorchester-based MA Communities Action Network.