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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by landryraccoon on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:51PM (#23162939)
It's not as regressive if you charge sales tax on housing.

In point of fact, the US mortgage interest deduction is highly regressive. It favors those who can afford a down payment on a house over those who can't, who by definition will be poorer.

If the sales tax applied to buying a house, it would be quite progressive. It could even only apply to the cost of the house less some amount (say, $100k) which would make it even more progressive.

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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:03PM (#23162997)
Property tax already does this, right? China has a sales tax on housing but no property tax, which seems to exacerbate wealth inequality there as people can speculate on property without penalty for not putting it to use.
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