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> needs to build an extra 500 feet of subway because of an empty building

In that case, what does the height of the building matter?

To me this illustrates perfectly why it's not unfair that the people in a shorter building taking up the same surface area are taxed at a higher rate.



Not all spending is directly related to infrastructure costs. AKA school teacher salaries. Also, land is varying pricy in cities with a small empty lot could easily be worth 100 million. Or as they say, location, location, location.

Taxing property values much like sales taxes is already regressive as % of income spent on housing decreases as income increases. EX: A firefighter might spend 45% of their income on housing costs where many billionaires spend less than 1% of their income on housing costs.

PS: Though this does bring up the question of what bill Gates’s hypothetical 60 billion dollar house might look like. 15 one world trade centers lined up in a row? How about 1/2 of the ISS?




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