tempperm
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The point is that some people are paying far more for those services solely on the basis of a property evaluation that they have little control over.
And if they're not happy they can move.
The point is that some people are paying far more for those services solely on the basis of a property evaluation that they have little control over.
I have made exactly zero dollars worth of profit off of the residential property that I live, in and have been paying property tax on, since I bought it in 1990. It makes perfect sense that a business occupying a property for the same length of time, and making profits as a result of generating wealth there, should pay far, far more tax than I do.
Those people are wealthy and can afford to pay. They are literally sitting on a gold-mine of home equity. They can't exactly cry poor.
Those people are wealthy and can afford to pay. They are literally sitting on a gold-mine of home equity. They can't exactly cry poor.
Funny I own a home, I'm anything but wealthy. And I'm not sure I'm sitting on a gold-mine, it more resembles a very old home with a leaky foundation, a roof that needs replacing and old cast-iron drainage that has to be replaced. Seems like I'm shelling out all my gold.
Some of the highest evaluations are to be found in and around downtown, where effective and efficient land use is maximized. The city derives a considerable portion of its revenues from these areas - particularly when compared to the outer suburbs where property prices and evaluations are lower - and where people are far more likely to drive along more roads used by fewer people that still have to be maintained by city taxes.
Basically, yes. You talk as if there is some limitless supply of physicians wanting to pack their bags and move to Canada so they can make $30k a year.
Sorry, species5618w... you're way off. No one is going to practice medicine for $30,000. Just the annual fees including malpractice insurance can be up to $30,000. The foreign doctors hired for $12/hour you speak of are not licensed physicians and are not practising medicine.
And what exactly do you have against the College of Physicians? Don't you want physicians to be licensed by a body that regulates the practice of medicine?