Amazing: a recent opinion has an interesting headline that convinced me to read it. But, this article does not decry a corrupt, overly-powerful, expansive government. Instead, it is another silly call for an income tax to "alleviate" the burden of property tax payers. The writer of course mentions that it is possible to reduce taxation by reducing government "services," but that is not entertained as a possibility. Nobody would ever dream of such a thing because the result would be total devastation. The earth would spin off its axis and spiral into the sun.
Instead, the writer wants to spread the burden around. Of course, in no way would property taxes be reduced if a new tax is added. That does not happen in political economy. All that would happen is that more people would suffer, and the current people who suffer will do so more strongly.
The appropriate goal for taxation: cut, cut, cut.
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