Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling Neighborhoods

Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by michaelt on Thursday March 14, 2019 @08:08AM (#19388452)

  No one is taxed again and again every
  year after they buy ..say(and this is
  hypothetical)..a pace maker

A pacemaker doesn't need weekly trash pickups forever.

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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:04AM (#19388814)

So send a bill for trash pickup the same way a bill is sent for water/sewer usage.

People should not have to pay tax on their primary residence. I'm fine with taxes on every subsequent property and taxes on rental units on the same property but you should not have to pay a tax for owning your own residence.

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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by michaelt on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:58AM (#19389231)

As a rational asshole, I love the idea of optional billing for trash pickup, because I can save money by dumping my trash in the nearby national park under cover of darkness.

My neighbours don't feel the same way, so we have mandatory trash pickup, a.k.a. a tax.

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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by potta_coffee on Thursday March 14, 2019 @11:45AM (#19390282)

I pay for my trash pickup, it's not included in my property tax.

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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by jelliclesfarm on Thursday March 14, 2019 @11:37AM (#19390190)

I pay to have my trash picked. $110.

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