VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easilydiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square176linkfedilinkarrow-up11.6Karrow-down115
arrow-up11.58Karrow-down1imageThe rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easilydiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square176linkfedilink
minus-squareTwitchingCheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoNot for long, see the push by Republican groups for abolishing property tax.
minus-squareJennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 hours agoIf property taxes are abolished it better be for EVERYBODY, not just for billionaires & corporations & private equity groups.
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 hours agoIn the US, the mortgage interest tax write-off goes disproportionately to the wealthy. It also inflates housing prices, so it doesn’t really help affordability. Certainly not enough to justify the cost.
Not for long, see the push by Republican groups for abolishing property tax.
If property taxes are abolished it better be for EVERYBODY, not just for billionaires & corporations & private equity groups.
In the US, the mortgage interest tax write-off goes disproportionately to the wealthy. It also inflates housing prices, so it doesn’t really help affordability. Certainly not enough to justify the cost.