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Ummm, what the heck are you talking about? I don't get any regressive tax breaks or oil subsidies for having a few hundred square feet of lawn... Sheesh, some

• kasey_junk 10y ago
  If you own a home in the USA you participate in one of the most regressive tax breaks in the world in the form of the mortgage interest & guarantee subsidies. Even if you don't directly receive those, which would put you in a large minority, you benefit from the halo effect. As for oil subsidies, between the commuting costs, care (lawn mower/herbicide/what have you) and heat costs energy to maintain most lawns is higher than people imagine. I actually think you should own a yard if it provides you happiness & you pay for it. But its a trivial excercise to argue against them.
• CalRobert 10y ago
  Do you partake in the mortgage interest tax deduction? Does your neighborhood have maximum density and zoning requirements that force people to live farther apart from each other and amenities, increasing oil usage?
  • djrogers 10y ago
    Neither of those things are related to the presence or non-presence of my lawn. I could rip it up and replace it with gravel and nothing would change wrt taxes and subsidies. Your clear disdain for and anger toward suburban life is leaking over in to a discussion on lawn care. Must suck to tied up in how other people choose to pursue happiness rather than just enjoying your own life.