The opposition to a comprehensive property tax reeks of opportunism and reactionary populism. Domestic rates were abolished in 1978 after a right wing populist FF bribe to get the middle class vote in the 1977 election. And see the mess that happened in the 80s directly as a result of removing that revenue base and trying desperately to load it on income tax instead when the budget deficit went crazy. No advanced country let alone one in our state has shown an ability to run itself without such a property tax. Its seen throughout the world but most particularly on the left as of equal significance and legitimacy as income tax and VAT. It should be no surprise that the non compliance is highest in the rural areas where tax avoidence if possible remained most respectable. Thats fundementally a right wing impulse and if the SP expect a dividend out of that “cute hoor” constituency its fooling its own base.
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