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Speaking of public school funding, apparently there's a bill in the PA legislature to replace local property taxes with state funding

Posted by znufrii Jan 18 '17, 06:32

Including a "modest" 60% increase in income taxes.

http://www.ptcc.us/ (www.ptcc.us)

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I still don't understand why we can't just put a $100,000 tax on each bottle of soda... -- nm - Jim Kenney Jan 18, 07:26 7
- Heh. -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 07:29 6
  - (He did actually have a fair point, even if it was made poorly and obscured by slanted reporting) -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 18, 07:43 5
    - Nobody I've seen was charging it on products that weren't included. -- nm - Ender Jan 18, 07:47 2
      - Well, that's part of what he was complaining about. - znufrii Jan 18, 07:55 1
        
        I have seen zero evidence of that. Please prove me wrong. -- nm - Ender Jan 18, 08:28
    - The government always wants you to hide taxes in the final price so it obscures how much there is. - spamlet Jan 18, 07:47 1
      - Right, and that's a fair argument to have. That wasn't the thrust of the criticism against the mayors comments though. -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 08:01
still lower than any of the surrounding states -- nm - decline Jan 18, 06:53
60%?! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 06:46 6
- From 3.07% to 4.95%, it would also broaden and increase the state sales tax. - znufrii Jan 18, 06:51 4
  - I always find those percentage increases when describing local tax increases completely sensational. Yes it's 60% because you're dealing with small - pmb Jan 18, 08:46
  - doesn't that depend on how much you make? like, my property taxes at $2200 per year. if I made $100k, I would pay $5k in income & property tax - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 06:54 2
    - Right, I was discussing my personal tax situation only. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 18, 06:55 1
      - oh. I'm pretty poor so it might actually help me. still, it's fruit battery. -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 06:56
- we're at 3.07% now. it's not so huge really. but it is fruit battery. -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 06:50

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