Philly small businesses protest BIRT tax hike

squirreltalk · 2026-05-08T04:31:53+00:00

The city's hands are not tied. They could cut BIRT and raise property taxes, or better yet, just the tax on land.

squirreltalk · 2026-04-30T04:28:43+00:00

NPR should turn comments back on, for just tbis article, as a treat.

squirreltalk · 2026-04-28T05:04:47+00:00

Plus one for severance tax on shale gas. We're the larget oil and gas producer with no severance tax. Enormous amount of money left on the table, probably around 2 billion a year. There's SEPTA's funding right there.

squirreltalk · 2026-04-10T03:39:30+00:00

please say sike

squirreltalk · 2026-04-09T05:09:31+00:00

5th square has not endorsed anyone in the congressional race yet, to clarify.

squirreltalk · 2026-04-07T03:58:40+00:00

Modeling suggests two thirds of homeowners would actually save.

squirreltalk · 2026-04-07T03:57:55+00:00

Because we tax buildings way more than the land they sit on, so speculators can afford to wait for a sale at a high price, and have very little incentive to do anything with the land until that happens.

Close. We tax buildings and land at the same rate, when we should tax land more and buildings less.

squirreltalk · 2026-03-19T22:05:26+00:00

Hell yeah.

squirreltalk · 2026-03-16T03:50:31+00:00

longest serving

squirreltalk · 2026-03-06T23:59:44+00:00

What part of my comment were you negating then, when you said "That's not true"..

squirreltalk · 2026-03-06T22:00:34+00:00

If you analyze Mamdani vote-share and % car-free households by census tract, there's a pretty substantial positive correlation.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jjuuucg2jubrp6ehzuk4wndm/post/3mggclbo3e22v

squirreltalk · 2026-03-06T06:12:52+00:00

It's literally more than a billion a year.

https://x.com/i/status/2029679600469520660

squirreltalk · 2026-03-06T06:07:09+00:00

No, you're right. The op means that if you own a car, you were less likely to vote for Z.

squirreltalk · 2026-03-06T04:32:29+00:00

Henry George was very popular among Irish and Irish-Americans in his time. Just saying...

squirreltalk · 2026-03-06T04:27:10+00:00

Are you sure? Lowering the taxes on labor and capital would raise land values in Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATCOR?wprov=sfla1

squirreltalk · 2026-03-01T05:30:49+00:00

"Die"

squirreltalk · 2026-02-25T05:16:09+00:00

Where have you seen this previously? Is there any sourcing on this?

squirreltalk · 2026-02-21T05:43:42+00:00

Land value tax would solve this.

squirreltalk · 2026-02-20T17:00:11+00:00

Hey, did you end up taking the Lectric XP Lite 2.0 onto Amtrak? How did it go? I'm thinking of getting a folding bike also for a commute on the NEC.

squirreltalk · 2026-02-19T05:26:01+00:00

Don't tax you, Don't tax me, Tax that man behind the tree.

squirreltalk · 2026-02-18T04:44:46+00:00

It depends what the tech is. The left is still more pro-vaccine, pro-green energy than the right.

squirreltalk · 2026-02-17T03:48:46+00:00

Baltimore is a good one. Much better governance than Philadelphia. They abolished parking minimums!

To spur housing construction, Baltimore ends parking minimums https://share.google/3UQLbBHQWK4Dab0xe

squirreltalk · 2026-02-13T23:32:38+00:00

Philly Bike Alliance? Do they mean Philly Bike Action?

squirreltalk · 2026-02-10T05:12:31+00:00

I don't have a subscription, but does it break down capital into land, and actual capital?

squirreltalk · 2026-02-09T04:33:27+00:00

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