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.
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.