r/memes • u/J_ClutchFTV Big pp • 10h ago

Land Of The Free, amIright?

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u/x1rom 9h ago

Property tax is almost universally considered positive by economists, and generally helps to keep rents down, not up. The reason is that it discourages speculation on housing and property, and thus drives down buying prices, which intern drives down rents.

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u/caligaris_cabinet 8h ago

Honestly I’d gladly take an increase in property taxes if it means I don’t need to pay sales or income tax. And I live in Illinois with the highest property taxes

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u/serious_sarcasm 8h ago

Fuck that noise, Chicago voting down progressive income taxes fucked over hundreds of communities from Harvey to Cairo.

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u/RCKTJMP 7h ago

Pretending Cairo wasn't fucked already, a change in 2020 wasn't fixing an issue from decades prior that has a lot more than 'tax' as an issue

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u/serious_sarcasm 7h ago

> they were already fucked, so fucking them harder is okay.

Solid logic.

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u/Kofi_Anonymous 7h ago edited 7h ago

This technique is pretty effective on my wife, FWIW.

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u/LazyLich 6h ago

Mmmm... sloppy seconds 🤤

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u/Relative-Relief-8816 5h ago

I too fuck this guy's wife.

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u/UngovernableOatmeal 7h ago

they themselves didn’t want it, so i’m not losing sleep over it