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4. It happens at the state level as well.

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 11:08 AM

Apr 2013

The bills are just the latest twists in a 60-year tax-shifting trend: In the 1950s, about half of all property taxes in Wisconsin were paid by homeowners, according to Todd Berry, president of the nonpartisan Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. The other half were paid by businesses, farms, industry and other nonresidential property owners.

Today, that split is about 70-30.

Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/chris_rickert/chris-rickert-bill-to-aid-broadcasters-just-the-latest-in/article_4bbd9f04-9714-11e2-a6b5-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz2QXqFFtSy

And elsewhere.
http://www.wvpolicy.org/the-property-tax-shift

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A Tax System Stacked Against the 99 Percent - By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ [View all] kpete Apr 2013 OP

Stiglitz should be Secretary of the Treasury. Faryn Balyncd Apr 2013 #1

and dividends too hfojvt Apr 2013 #7

It happens at the state level as well. reteachinwi Apr 2013 #4

in the 1950s though hfojvt Apr 2013 #8

"those earning a mere $200,000 to $500,000" hfojvt Apr 2013 #5