Anyone who is truly troubled by being undertaxed should send the government body of their choice as much extra money as they can afford to ease their concerns. As a matter of fact, perhaps they could start a movement of friends, family, neighbors, etc. to voluntarily send the city, state, or feds more money as a matter of conscience.
Taxing businesses more doesn't really help people who are struggling as the increase will be passed right along as higher prices for goods and services. Even commercial property taxes, for most part, are "passed through" to the businesses that lease the space, and (you guessed it) added to the price of goods and services that WE buy. To me, this sounds as regressive as the sales tax , gas tax, etc. (I personally believe that the people who are helped the most by higher taxes are the people whose salaries/wages are paid by taxpayers. Most private businesses have had to pare down and find ways to become more efficient to survive. I don't think it is unreasonable to ask government bodies to do the same.) One of my favorite sayings is "If you always do what you've always done, you always get what you've always got". Why can't we start looking at things differently? I don't think that it is inherently evil to question the status quo. And the status quo, in this city, is increasing taxes and spending at a far higher rate than inflation. Catherine Leighton Live in Longfellow/Work North East _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
