Date: May 17th, 2005

Local taxation: cui bono?

17 May, 2005 (10:30) | Uncategorized |

What level of government should benefit from local property taxation?  And who should set the rates?
 
From opposite sides of our Atlantic pond come two divergent approaches, starting with a man who never met a tax he didn’t like, the mayor of Boston, Tom Menino:
 
Menino: Thanks to the state-imposed revenue structure, Boston must derive a significant […]