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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this true?:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1226381.page[/quote]

You tax things you want to discourage. Do you think we should be discouraging the creation of housing?[/quote]

Governments levy taxes to pay for the cost of government. You don’t seem to have a very good understanding of tax policy. Did the county council raise property taxes because they want to discourage people from living here? Did the state raise sales taxes because they want to discourage people from buying things? Does the federal government have Social Security and Medicare tax to discourage people from working? Stop torturing economics and be a grown up.

Distract all you want, but anyone paying attention knows the tax cuts are a transfer of wealth from the government (the people) to developers. You even know it deep down, which is why you are so defensive about it. [/quote]

It's not a tax on developers. It's a tax on people purchasing new homes.

But how does someone moving into a new townhome have a greater burden on infrastructure than someone moving into an elderly couple's former home next door?[/quote]

The answer is obvious. New construction puts additional pressure on infrastructure that has not been accounted for yet. Seriously how can you not understand this simple concept?[/quote]

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