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Right now cities have all the incentive to create office space to bring in as many jobs as possible, and the taxes that come with them, while leaving housing an
by ProfessorLayton 9y ago
Right now cities have all the incentive to create office space to bring in as many jobs as possible, and the taxes that come with them, while leaving housing and infrastructure as someone else's problem.
There needs to be an incentive in place for this not to happen. Perhaps we need to force the municipalities to split their employment tax with the city where the employee actually lives?
Admittedly I have no idea what legal mechanism would make that possible, but something like this would give cities an incentive to build more housing along with increasing their employment/tax base.
- mywittyname 9y agoAbolish local income taxes? Perhaps replace the income with state funds that are distributed based on population.