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Massachusetts Democrats acknowledge the need for more revenue to fund the wants of the people and therefore recommend that the sales tax be extended to tax the sales of liquor, candy and soda.
ReplyDeleteMassachusetts Democrats acknowledge that the state needs more revenue to meet the needs of the people but that the present regressive taxes-income, sales and the property tax-cannot be increased, that the present burden on the people from these taxes is maximized, therefore we must look to other forms of taxation and gradually reduce and ultimately eliminate these regressive taxes.
ReplyDeleteMassachusetts Democrats acknowledge that our air is being polluted and that therefore a system of “cap and trade” taxation should be enacted to limit and gradually reduce the pollution.
Massachusetts Democrats acknowledge that our land is used profligately and that land speculation is rampant and that therefore a state land tax should be gradually introduced to discourage speculation and to encourage reasonable land use. This progressive tax should be gradually increased to replace the reduction of the regressive taxes on income and sales.
Massachusetts Democrats acknowledge that the property tax is actually two taxes, a regressive tax on buildings and a progressive tax on land and that therefore legislation should be passed to permit municipalities to enact a two-rate tax with a lower rate on building and a higher rate on land and that, gradually, the tax on buildings should be reduced and eventually eliminated and that the tax on land should be gradually increased to make this tax shift revenue neutral or to be increased to meet the revenue needs of the municipalities while staying within the present tax limits..
Massachusetts Democrats acknowledge that the state needs more revenue to meet the needs of the people but that the present regressive taxes-income, sales and the property tax-cannot be increased, that the present burden on the people from these taxes is maximized, therefore we must look to other forms of taxation and gradually reduce and ultimately eliminate these regressive taxes.
Massachusetts Democrats acknowledge that our air is being polluted and that therefore a system of “cap and trade” taxation should be enacted to limit and gradually reduce the pollution.
Massachusetts Democrats acknowledge that our land is used profligately and that land speculation is rampant and that therefore a state land tax should be gradually introduced to discourage speculation and to encourage reasonable land use. This progressive tax should be gradually increased to replace the reduction of the regressive taxes on income and sales.
Massachusetts Democrats acknowledge that the property tax is actually two taxes, a regressive tax on buildings and a progressive tax on land and that therefore legislation should be passed to permit municipalities to enact a two-rate tax with a lower rate on building and a higher rate on land and that, gradually, the tax on buildings should be reduced and eventually eliminated and that the tax on land should be gradually increased to make this tax shift revenue neutral or to be increased to meet the revenue needs of the municipalities while staying within the present tax limits..
Massachusetts Democrats condemn any additional taxation revenue from any form of gambling.
ReplyDeleteWith respect to Mr. Hartheimer's second comment above, I have to question his characterization of the income tax as regressive. While it is unfortunate that Massachusetts taxes income at a flat rate rather than progressively, the income tax still has the positive feature that those who have more income generally have a greater ability to pay taxes than those who have less income. You can have a lot of property without having a lot of money to pay taxes but I can't see how you can have a lot of income and not have money to pay taxes.
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