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FyuckerFjord t1_jea97kf wrote

Raise the taxes on 2nd homes, 4th cars, and boats that cost over $75k instead.

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mysterious_bulges t1_jeakary wrote

Honestly I'm all for massive tax policies to try and break up large housing monopolies... I've rented in much larger cities and have had to deal with the amount of bs that is in Burlington. The main difference I have seen is that prior cities it was one person who owned just one other building or actually lived their themselves. The companies or families who own multiple locations are creating a bad situation for renters. I have no idea if this thought has any merit.. Merely the only thing I saw that was different after living here.

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BothCourage9285 t1_jeap8qm wrote

Agree. Problem is those that can afford all that also have lawyers that lobby the statehouse to insert loopholes that their accountants can exploit.

Leaving the free e-filers to take the brunt of it.

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gondiline t1_jeczqlr wrote

As someone with a second home in Vermont, I agree - raise my taxes. If you can’t afford a small increase in taxes on a second home, don’t buy one. If you’re going to spend your money on one, it also benefits you to ensure the local economy prospers, and that means supporting local workers and businesses. Deal with it.

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Thick_Piece t1_jeccgl2 wrote

You say this, but there are many middle class families like mine, I have two small dump trucks, two highly efficient cars for my business/employees, and a family car.

We are just hardly getting by because of the existing taxes and implementing more is not proper.

If the “carbon tax” goes through, customers will pay for that in another hidden tax. At some point it is too much. What are middle class folks supposed to do when it all comes to fruition?

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FyuckerFjord t1_jecfkeb wrote

You have business cars and dump trucks for work. You are not who I'm talking about when I say 4th car. I'm talking 4 Porches and Lexus and a summer Corvette with three ATVs in the winter chalet, etc. The point is to make those not paying their fair share do so. I'm working lower middle class here, and I agree, we pay a lot - and enough.

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Thick_Piece t1_jeck4hy wrote

Government is not smart enough to figure that out and most folks whom live out of state are not dealing with vermont dmv.

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FyuckerFjord t1_jecmj7u wrote

Nah, they're smart enough. But the funding has to be in the proper places. That's why the millionaire congressmen (mostly on the right) have been steadily defunding the IRS for decades. It takes a ton of resources to take down a big time tax crook, like say Trump, so instead the bare bones IRS office is relegated to pursuing poor and middle class America who can't afford to defend a full audit and just wind up paying.

But if we fund the proper watchdog agencies, the big time crooks can get hit and serious money can flow into the coffers, removing some of the burden from us Hoi polloi. Look at the Mueller fiasco - that recovered $46 million from Manafort alone.

I guess I just think our government can and should do better. Otherwise why are we even still here, voting?

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AKAManaging t1_jeencdp wrote

>most folk whom live out of state are not dealing with vermont dmv

Maybe it's just the town that I live in, but the people that have second homes here VERY MUCH do have a "Vermont car" that they have registered within the state.

It's, more often than not, a Luxury car with some type of AWD.

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Thick_Piece t1_jeeo0s3 wrote

And they paid a 6% tax on those rigs now they should pay more because of government ineptitude?

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FyuckerFjord t1_jebkhbu wrote

Good. Double it on you again - especially seeing that you have "I boat in Maine with Muffy and Buffy" money. :)

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FyuckerFjord t1_jebm63z wrote

Oooh! Tell me more, Daddy Warbucks! Drop that rich man knowledge on the peasants! This is why we need to be ruled by millionaires in the senate and white house - you know so much about where to put big boats! I'm sitting here dreaming of dinghy! Pish posh!

Because1 if you were to ask poor ol' raggedy me where's the cheapest place to store your big boat, I'd only have one answer - and the closest it gets to Maine is right up your Mass. ;)

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vtmtct t1_jeae9cu wrote

Sounds like another communist wet dream. Always class warfare. But how about just no new fees for anyone? Just once I’d love to see fees like this come down due to something like increased operational efficiency. Most of this stuff is processed on computers now

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General_Salami t1_jeaesin wrote

It’s not class warfare it’s shifting a cost burden to those who can truly afford it. If you’re living in excess you can afford to pay into services, which should be streamlined to be made as cost-effective and efficient as possible. It’s a both and scenario. Trickle down economics doesn’t work

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emalmalone t1_jeaevmv wrote

Do you know what communism is lmao?

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vtmtct t1_jeah5fu wrote

Why don’t you educate me? Or perhaps let’s hear your endorsement of class warfare

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emalmalone t1_jeahbj9 wrote

not worth anyone’s time trying to explain anything to you lmao

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PPOKEZ t1_jebbkn7 wrote

It’s not class warfare. The rich have already won.

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Harmacc t1_jebkx2h wrote

There is no war but the class war.

Keep licking those boots. I’m sure one day you’ll be in the class you pretend to be in now.

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FyuckerFjord t1_jear4i0 wrote

Class warfare is the millionaire and billionaire politicians making tax and economic policy for the nation even though they don't know the price of milk.

Class warfare is almost all new wealth going straight to the top while families struggle to make ends meet.

Class warfare is big pharma using tax-payer money to research and develop life-saving drugs that they turn around and mark-up 10,000% to where the people who paid to develop it now can't afford it and die.

Stop regurgitating phrases and words you hear on Fox News.

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