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Gimpei • today at 12:42 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

The LVT seems to me to be a lot like a carbon tax: a wonderful technocratic idea that is politically untenable. LTV would be great for humanity, but very bad for present homeowners. Since homeowners are wealthy and thus more politically engaged on average, I just don’t see how this could ever get passed. Instead of starting with an impossible task, why not start instead with a merely incredibly unlikely task: repeal proposition 13.


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singpolyma3 • today at 2:17 AM

TFA literally shows how it is better for homeowners

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Tiktaalik • today at 3:22 AM

Carbon tax was great for me. I made money. Maybe you should have used less carbon.

wmf • today at 1:20 AM

In most cases LVT would be the same or lower than current property taxes. Only empty lots would pay more.