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Create a model tax code that promotes sustainability
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Encompassses the three legs of taxation-property, sales, income. Examples include shuch things as property tax might be based on density - higher density lower taxes - or water use, sales taxes might be based on access to mass transit or local population density, and income taxes that are adjusted for commute distance. Infinite number of other options.

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    by Derek H1 There's never a good reason for a regressive tax like the sales tax. Furthermore, it encourages the city to put up big-box stores, while the property tax encourages them to make land-use decisions that raise property values.

    Feb 26, 2013 at 6:27 PM  

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