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> how do you propose to pay for them? Assess the actual cost, adjusted according to actual income — not the estimated value someone’s home.
by teakettle42 4y ago
> how do you propose to pay for them?
Assess the actual cost, adjusted according to actual income — not the estimated value someone’s home.
- wbsss4412 4y agoHomeowners have access to the value in their home, despite the fact that it’s relatively illiquid, and their political actions often are oriented towards jealously guarding and boosting that value. It’s disingenuous to act like taxing that value is unfair, so much of local politics is related to property values.
- teakettle42 4y agoThe myth that home owners are focused on jealously boosting property values is just that — a myth, and a pernicious and ridiculous one promulgated by people who simply don’t understand home ownership. The political priority of a home owner is the community in which they’ve made a literal lifetime investment in.
- wbsss4412 4y agoHow is it a pernicious myth, considering the fact that people will show up to city council meetings, and state it as a fact explicitly.