'Absurd!': US Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time - eviltoast
  • Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    You’re not taxed on the full appreciation of your home at income tax rates. If the government did, the tax on the appreciation would price people out of their homes.

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      8 months ago

      Really? We should let the people in the low income areas of my city that just saw their valuations jump up know, because that is exactly what is happening to them. Property value went up 300%, so did the taxes.