tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post113263347265009606..comments2024-03-01T07:43:16.529-06:00Comments on Smart City Memphis: The Local Tax Problem Won't Be Solved By Putting Band-aids On Gaping Structural WoundsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-1136642141493203132006-01-07T07:55:00.000-06:002006-01-07T07:55:00.000-06:00I too am excited, both by the continued excellence...I too am excited, both by the continued excellence of SmartCity content and by the wide political spectrum represented here. Looks like lots of different kinds of people read your blog. Love it! Of course we need to reform our tax structure by instituting some kind of payroll / income tax. That is the first step. <BR/><BR/>If we are going to convince citizens that tax reform is good, we must expand the discussion past the issue of inequity and toward what that reform could buy us.<BR/><BR/>I would like to see this blog expand the city tax comparison by creating a table that shows the tax burden (% of median income) for the top 10 and bottom 10 metro areas. Include in the body of this table the median income, the % of graduating pupils in that metro area, the $'s spent per pupil, the median teacher income. Do the same thing for such things as the cost of public healthcare, housing cost, $'s spent on infrastructure, etc. <BR/><BR/>If we don't show people how much better our city could be with tax reform, we won't have a prayer of convincing thinking people with tight fists. And they are precisely the people we need to convince.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com