▲ 664 ▼ Property taxes should be proportional to the number of homes you own (lemmy.world) submitted 2 days ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 258 comments fedilink hide all child comments If you pay 1% for one house, someone with 2 houses should pay 2%, and a company with 2000 homes should pay 2000% That would make it increasingly difficult for mega companies to buy up everything and torture the housing market
[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) Wealth taxes are necessary, but with offshoring and hiding accounts, I'd say they're bureaucratically complicated rather than elegant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] VAK@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago* They're elegant in terms of limiting wealth hoarding. It's just like estate tax that's already implemented. Anyway, good to have more government jobs too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VAK@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago* They're elegant in terms of limiting wealth hoarding. It's just like estate tax that's already implemented. Anyway, good to have more government jobs too. permalink fedilink source parent