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Taxes

City Life

“Temporary” Tax Increase Is Not Temporary, Not Fair

This week, Mayor Nutter and City Council impose upon Philadelphia a “temporary” real-estate tax increase for the second year in a row. On top of […]

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Will Philly Finally Pull Itself Up by the Bootstraps?

You have to give credit where it’s due. Thanks to Mayor Nutter, folks have laughed more over the last two weeks than at any time […]

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R.I.P. Tax Cutter Mike Nutter

See if you can identify this unnamed elected official: “We cannot grow, or even preserve, our revenue base unless we cut taxes.” Tax reductions, “are […]

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Philly’s Taxing Bloggers … on $11 Profits?

Did you hear that the city of Philadelphia wants to tax bloggers? Philly’s been in the news this week because of a kerfuffle prompted by […]

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sugary Beverages

A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but it will cost more to swallow under Mayor Nutter’s proposed tax on sweetened beverages. […]

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Reducing Sugary Beverages: The Nuclear Option

If the Mayor wants to be serious about getting sugary drinks out of the hands of Philadelphia citizens, the proposed tax of 2 cents per […]

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Who’s Really to Blame for the Trash Tax?

Mayor Nutter has resorted to picking through the city’s trash to find a way to balance next year’s budget with its $150 million shortfall. Last […]