Why doesn't the city impose a massive tax on homeowners who do not live in the house? After all, a place to live should be the primary reason a house is purchased.
There is plenty of evidence that investors, private equity, hedge funds, etc., have played a significant role in driving up the cost of housing. Only those who will live in a home should be able to purchase the house.
I’m hoping the city does try to pass a multi-part proposition again, but I do wonder why they are considering an increase of the sales tax to fund it. I personally am more than happy to pay a few more cents for my stop at the coffee shop, but Tucsonans living in poverty and enduring all of the cuts to our social safety net can’t afford to lose that year over year (especially with cost of housing increasing and wages stagnating). I seem to remember that the city promoted a series of potential other tax revenue options, one of which was an adverising tax, but I can’t remember what all they were. As an alternative, wonder if increasing the local property tax based on income (households earning $150,000 and less could be exempt, for example) could be used to fund public safety/ first responder needs. Also, I’d imagine this is already being done, but I wonder if council is approaching the private sector at all to solicit donations for TPD and/or TFD funding. This may be a bit misguided or wishful on my end, but I’d think that some of the corporate entities in our region might be open to donating a large sum to say they made it possible to hire more police and firefighters. Granted, that funding, unless it’s some sort of endowment, could dry up and create a budgetary issue in the future.
Bessent is a poster child for what passes as valuable staff appointments in the Chump Administration. Just put him on FAUX News...give him a microphone...and listen to him open mouth...insert foot. You can't make this shizzle up. Good for the UA getting gaming dinero for the stadium. Lots of it. Gives you an idea of how much money Indian Gaming generates. They don't have to grow cotton anymore. Only Chump has to file bankruptcy on casinos.
Property taxes for homes assessed over x-amount should increase. The haves can contribute more to the have nots for the betterment of all of this community.
On rent controls: the state does have preemption laws, but they are not in our Arizona Constitution. Rent control is WAY more popular with voters than is the legislature. Thus, if someone were to scratch up a couple hundred grand, we could do a citizen's petition and initiative to enshrine the right of local governments to enact rent control regulations in the Arizona Constitution and have done with the strangle hold of developers and landlords on our legislature.
Screw worm responsible for beef prices? Hardly. Imput price inflation (labor, feed, water), draught, increased demand for our beef FROM overseas consummers, and feckin' tarrifs are the real drivers. MAGA morons really will buy any bullshit line that includes 'immigrants and their icky diseases' from their leaders.
BUT. Screw worm is a problem that WILL be in American pastures if we don't re-establish containment in Central America tout suite. We have been falling down on the job at leading and funding the international cooperation that is key to maintaining the quarantine that took decades to build. And that quarantine consists of billions of sterile flies released in Mx and CentAM, not feckin' BP and inspection agents!
Why doesn't the city impose a massive tax on homeowners who do not live in the house? After all, a place to live should be the primary reason a house is purchased.
There is plenty of evidence that investors, private equity, hedge funds, etc., have played a significant role in driving up the cost of housing. Only those who will live in a home should be able to purchase the house.
I think there's more evidence that private equity homes are not actually the main contributor.
I have no issue implementing this type of policy but I think people will be underwhelmed at how big a difference it would make.
The main objective really has to be in building more homes.
I’m hoping the city does try to pass a multi-part proposition again, but I do wonder why they are considering an increase of the sales tax to fund it. I personally am more than happy to pay a few more cents for my stop at the coffee shop, but Tucsonans living in poverty and enduring all of the cuts to our social safety net can’t afford to lose that year over year (especially with cost of housing increasing and wages stagnating). I seem to remember that the city promoted a series of potential other tax revenue options, one of which was an adverising tax, but I can’t remember what all they were. As an alternative, wonder if increasing the local property tax based on income (households earning $150,000 and less could be exempt, for example) could be used to fund public safety/ first responder needs. Also, I’d imagine this is already being done, but I wonder if council is approaching the private sector at all to solicit donations for TPD and/or TFD funding. This may be a bit misguided or wishful on my end, but I’d think that some of the corporate entities in our region might be open to donating a large sum to say they made it possible to hire more police and firefighters. Granted, that funding, unless it’s some sort of endowment, could dry up and create a budgetary issue in the future.
Bessent is a poster child for what passes as valuable staff appointments in the Chump Administration. Just put him on FAUX News...give him a microphone...and listen to him open mouth...insert foot. You can't make this shizzle up. Good for the UA getting gaming dinero for the stadium. Lots of it. Gives you an idea of how much money Indian Gaming generates. They don't have to grow cotton anymore. Only Chump has to file bankruptcy on casinos.
Property taxes for homes assessed over x-amount should increase. The haves can contribute more to the have nots for the betterment of all of this community.
On rent controls: the state does have preemption laws, but they are not in our Arizona Constitution. Rent control is WAY more popular with voters than is the legislature. Thus, if someone were to scratch up a couple hundred grand, we could do a citizen's petition and initiative to enshrine the right of local governments to enact rent control regulations in the Arizona Constitution and have done with the strangle hold of developers and landlords on our legislature.
Screw worm responsible for beef prices? Hardly. Imput price inflation (labor, feed, water), draught, increased demand for our beef FROM overseas consummers, and feckin' tarrifs are the real drivers. MAGA morons really will buy any bullshit line that includes 'immigrants and their icky diseases' from their leaders.
BUT. Screw worm is a problem that WILL be in American pastures if we don't re-establish containment in Central America tout suite. We have been falling down on the job at leading and funding the international cooperation that is key to maintaining the quarantine that took decades to build. And that quarantine consists of billions of sterile flies released in Mx and CentAM, not feckin' BP and inspection agents!