Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoOwing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury youlemmy.worldimagemessage-square320fedilinkarrow-up1741arrow-down187
arrow-up1654arrow-down1imageOwing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury youlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square320fedilink
minus-squaredreugeworst@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 days agoyou could have progressive taxes on wealth as well. there’s a difference between having one house worth 500k and having 500 million in shares
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoTrue, you just need to make sure you start high enough up, or exempt the value of a primary residence (maybe limit the exemption to a non-opulent value of a house so the richest don’t start building castles to bind their money tax free)
you could have progressive taxes on wealth as well. there’s a difference between having one house worth 500k and having 500 million in shares
True, you just need to make sure you start high enough up, or exempt the value of a primary residence (maybe limit the exemption to a non-opulent value of a house so the richest don’t start building castles to bind their money tax free)