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“I have voted for every park, every library, all the school improvements, for light rail, for anything that will make this city better. But now I can’t afford to live here anymore."
everyone has to pay for the things that are approved by voters to fund
property taxes are“salient.” A salient tax means that the burden is transparent, easy to understand, and very hard to avoid.
Seems Gretchen has a mental disconnect between voting for higher taxes and the actual paying of the taxes she voted for. Which, as it turns out, is painful.
everyone has to pay for the things that are approved by voters to fund
property taxes are“salient.” A salient tax means that the burden is transparent, easy to understand, and very hard to avoid.
Seems Gretchen has a mental disconnect between voting for higher taxes and the actual paying of the taxes she voted for. Which, as it turns out, is painful.