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REP WEISSMAN: Here’s a plan to keep local property tax control local

  • August 26, 2024

After years of increasing home values, no one loves property taxes, but they are how we fund our schools, counties, and “special districts” that fight fires, provide drinking water, maintain parks and libraries and more. As Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. put it over 100 years ago “Taxes are what we pay for

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Finance

Senate Finance Democrats look to raise revenue for 2025 tax cliff

  • June 20, 2024

Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden said committee Democrats left a meeting on next year’s tax battle aligned on the need for wealthy individuals and multinational corporations to pay more in taxes. Wyden, D-Ore., said he would work with other Democrats on the panel to come up with a “menu” of possible revenue raisers, as preparations

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