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If rich people have more say, I'm surprised more municipalities aren't using flat or regressive taxes.
by Rebelgecko 4y ago
If rich people have more say, I'm surprised more municipalities aren't using flat or regressive taxes.
- eesmith 4y agoYou think they aren't? Promoting single-family homes, prohibiting detached housing, zoning laws that require parking and minimum lawn sizes, etc. all drive up the cost of housing for people who don't have as much money. It's also cheaper to maintain infrastructure (streets, water, sewer, etc.) in older more densely packed (and also less expensive / poorer) neighborhoods than in more expansive suburbia. As https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/5/7/the-more-we-build-the-poorer-we-get https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/5/7/the-more-we-bui... puts it "The poorest neighborhoods are, in essence, subsidizing the rich ones."