Date: August 19th, 2009

Subsidy or surcharge? Part 1, how much?

19 August, 2009 (09:53) | Local issues, Massachusetts, Real estate taxes, Tenure, Theory, Zoning | No comments

Once we have accepted the principle that tax burdens should vary by taxpayer group – and everyone except a few economists have so accepted, at least in the world of political reality – we must choose who gains the more favored treatment – and how we package it.

Long ago, when I matriculated to [...]