Property taxes
Nearly yearly town and state wrestle over the property tax. The issue with the property tax is that it’s just about unavoidable. It impacts everybody – not simply those that personal property, but additionally those that hire.
Positive, you possibly can scale back your earnings tax by deductions for property tax or hire, however what in the event you don’t earn sufficient to pay sufficient tax to make a distinction? You continue to must pay that hire.
Nicely, take a look at the tax construction of one of the vital profitable cities in america. A metropolis that has grown each decade for the final 50 years. I’m speaking about Phoenix, Arizona. A metropolis constructed in the midst of the desert with just about no pure assets.
Phoenix has a metropolis gross sales tax of two.3%. It is usually in Maricopa county which has a gross sales tax fee of 0.7%. And the state of Arizona has a gross sales tax fee 5.6% for a mixed gross sales tax fee of 8.6%
However what’s vital is town of Phoenix gross sales tax of two.3%. The gross sales tax might be prevented, however nobody who lives in Boston can keep away from town property tax. By having a metropolis gross sales tax, possibly town can have an incentive to revive its vital buying areas like Downtown Crossing.
By making its buying districts extra engaging to commuters, these brick and mortar shops will see extra foot visitors from those that need extra of a buying expertise than the web. Particularly impulse consumers. Particularly contemplating that you must ship again no matter you’re sad with.
The advantages of engaging buying areas shouldn’t be underestimated. Extra individuals will go to our eating places and theaters. With decrease property taxes, extra individuals can afford to stay within the metropolis.
Eugene Gobby
Somerville
Social Safety
My spouse simply obtained her Social Safety assertion with the COLA for 2026. Her enhance after deducting the brand new Medicare price which elevated by about 10% comes as much as 36 cents a day. That’s not even sufficient to purchase a stamp to mail out a invoice. Thanks Uncle Sam
Paul Quaglia
Billerica
Nameless sources
As I learn information articles, I’m critically unimpressed by the innuendos, false rumors, and lies perpetrated underneath the guise of a excessive rating official who needs to stay nameless. Then they proceed to malign something Trump has achieved. Legacy information won’t ever be revered once more whenever you all are the blame whenever you use nameless sources (in the event that they do exist).
John Koster
Woburn
