In Higher Taxes Wouldn’t End Some Deficits (Jan 20) the New York Times reported how a few state governors have timidly proposed small income tax increases. There’s a better alternative: undo the legal shackles that keep residents of towns or school districts from voting themselves higher property taxes.
Property taxes are wealth taxes, intrinsically more . . . → Read More: To End Deficits, Allow Localities to Raise Property Taxes