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DESCRIPTION:Many progressive factions and lobbies in San Francisco are in favor of a 
 proposed city income tax to be imposed on incomes above $250,000. A similar 
 tax has just passed unanimously with the Seattle city council. 
 \n\nJoin/engage Teachers with Whiteboards in a noontime rueful discussion 
 about city income taxes!\n\nAlthough taxing high incomes is better than 
 nothing, the simplistic thinking which often goes with advocacy of "tax the 
 rich" can sabotage long-term systemic responses to wealth inequality. For 
 instance, in Seattle the din is raised that rising real estate values are 
 leading to higher property taxes that are driving families out of town. We 
 argue that rising land values do belong to society, and that a more 
 profound look at the effect of taxing more of land value would be to 
 squelch land speculation, diminish the amount of money needed to borrow in 
 buying land, lower the need to derive revenue levied upon work (direct 
 taxes such as federal and state income taxes, and indirect taxes on income 
 such as the sales tax).\n\nJoin in a lively noon-time discussion while you 
 pick-nic on the sidewalk commons . . . that's what we mean by rue-ful 
 meals!\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/07/11/18800767.php
SUMMARY:Teachers with Whiteboards:The Proposed city income tax
LOCATION:southwest corner of Mission and 24th Street\nabove ground at the BART plaza
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/07/11/18800767.php
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