Doug Oliver
I am a proponent of reducing both wage and business privilege taxes with a dollar-for-dollar increase in property taxes. Doing so will help make Philadelphia more competitive from a tax standpoint while at the same time shifting a larger proportion of our
I am a proponent of reducing both wage and business privilege taxes with a dollar-for-dollar increase in property taxes. Doing so will help make Philadelphia more competitive from a tax standpoint while at the same time shifting a larger proportion of our tax revenue to the taxes that fund our schools and to the taxes (property) that are the most elastic. Reductions of business and wage taxes can be accelerated, commensurate to the number of jobs created and a corresponding decrease in Philadelphia's unemployment rate.