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QuidProJoe2020 t1_je74ox1 wrote

Reply to comment by donttouchthirdrail in The Local Tax Burden on Philadelphia Households: Homeowners generally pay less by PhillyAccount

Ooh very interesting. Looks like someone would have to push for a state amendment to get that change, but had no clue about that. Thanks for the insight!

I do wonder if some crafty legislation could accomplish the outcome without the amendment. Would have to fashion it as a tax credit. Maybe like living in a opportunity zone, such as low income zip codes, entitle certain tax credits. The again I'm sure rich ppl would buy a house in low income neighborhoods and use that as thier home address for it. Could cap the credit though.

Mam, tax legislation is tough lol

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electric_ranger t1_je74kvp wrote

Reply to Op-Ed: It’s Time to Rethink SEPTA Options for Contemporary Commuter Connectivity by RoughRhinos

>the 9th Street Branch is under SEPTA’s exclusive control, so there is no need to negotiate with Amtrak or the freight railroads. The long march begins with the first step, and, to mix metaphors, the old 9th Street El is low hanging fruit.

That’s a really good argument. No ROW fights means it can be accomplished with less outside interference

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Thot_P0cket t1_je74eh9 wrote

Reply to comment by CreditBuilding205 in The Local Tax Burden on Philadelphia Households: Homeowners generally pay less by PhillyAccount

> it’s incredible what renters let us get away with.

As a renter I'm not sure what we're supposed to do about this.

PA landlord tenant laws are already pretty slim when it comes to anything pro-tenant. Hell, Georgia has better tenant protections when it comes to renting. The only state I've lived in with fewer tenant protections was Texas, and that state's landlord tenant laws are only one step removed from straight up saying "If you rent in Texas, the landlord has the legal right to bend you over at any time."

It's disheartening and so few people seem to know how bad it is in most of the country.

So yeah, I don't know what us renters are supposed to do about it.

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QuidProJoe2020 t1_je748hv wrote

Reply to comment by Marko_Ramius1 in The Local Tax Burden on Philadelphia Households: Homeowners generally pay less by PhillyAccount

Yea, I quite frankly think we should have property and wage tax flipped. Meaning our property tax should be higher comparatively and our wage tax shouldn't be the highest in the country. This is for the same reason you point out: we need to bring money into the city.

It's way more important to get 6 fig earning ppl into Philly vs helping a family afford a 700k house instead of 550k due to low property taxes. The low property taxes + the abatement program certainly exert upward pressure on house prices, which ultimately will impact rents as well.

Solid point my dude.

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Wu-Tang_Killa_Bees t1_je70qhv wrote

Reply to comment by mlippay in Standard by DanDstuff

The issue is that a lot of the trades workers that roll into the city with work trucks don't have to pay the tickets, and their company just sees tickets as a minor expense of doing business in the city that is billed to the client. These types of vehicles need either like $2k+ parking tickets or an immediate tow, some kind of significant punishment that would actually cause the companies to tell employees not to illegally park

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