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Category: Taxes

A Property Tax Freeze

December 13, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing, Taxes

The City Council of Knoxville, Tennessee is considering a property tax freeze for some apartment owners. Property owners who choose

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Eating the Seed Corn

December 1, 2023 Brian Phillips Taxes

A growing movement is underway to impose a global minimum tax of 2 percent on the world’s 2,700 billionaires. This

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Home Equity Theft

January 25, 2023 Brian Phillips Eminent Domain, Housing, Taxes

In 2015, Hennepin County, Minnesota, seized a condominium for $15,000 in unpaid property taxes. A year later, the condominium was

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California Moves to Austin

September 7, 2021 Brian Phillips Business Regulations, Taxes, Zoning and Land Use

For years, Californians have been fleeing the state’s outrageously high taxes and draconian regulations. Many have settled in Texas, where

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Coming Soon to a Vacant House Near You

July 14, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing, Taxes

Politicians can sometimes be rather creative in finding new ways to coerce individuals to act as the politicians’ desire. And

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The Wrong Incentive

June 17, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing, Taxes, Zoning and Land Use

Legislators across the country are scrambling to develop policies that will lead to more affordable housing. (Affordable housing means that

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The Pandemic Crisis Excess Profits Tax

December 21, 2020 Brian Phillips Business Regulations, Taxes

Last week, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced that she is in favor of injustice and introduced the Pandemic Crisis Excess Profits

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You are Hereby Ordered…

August 27, 2019 Brian Phillips Business Regulations, Taxes

Last Friday, the Commander in Chief of the United States sent forth several tweets in response to China’s announcement that

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