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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-04 10:08 PM
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15. progressive property tax -- lower it at the bottom end, raise
it at the top end (ie on corporations).

Kevin Phillips in Wealth & Democracy talks about how property tax is one of the most regressive taxes going these days since corporations generally cut deals and pay almost none.

So when you read that the property tax rate is going up, it's burdening middle class people the most, and not barely touching the richest citizens in the community: corporations.

I'd run a campaign arguing that you'll make corporations take up just a tiny bit of the slack so that you could have working and middle class property owners get some relief.
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