Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value

Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by fsckboy on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @03:03AM (#37911535)

Prop 13 has the opposite effect of what was intended.

If you stay put and don't move, your property taxes won't go up much. So you can vote for all the govt spending you want: don't move and you won't have to pay for it.

I'm not saying people are "getting away with" low taxes. I'm saying that people are "getting away with" high spending.

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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by bombcar on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @08:10AM (#37913728)

Prop 13’s biggest issue is it doesn’t apply to ONLY residential homestead land.

There’s no reason why commercial land should get the same benefits.

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