Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a symbolic order signalling his government will prioritize passing his promised middle-class tax cut, following the first in-person meeting of his cabinet on Parliament Hill Wednesday.
The problem I have with the space tax idea, which I think OP has mentioned before, is just that it presupposes what people need without much justification, and then applies a penalty to force that outcome. Really, you only want to make people pay for what they take, and people buying big houses definitely do that. (Having inequality in the first place is of course it’s own issue)
Are you thinking of sewer lines, garbage pickup, roads and the like?
I think it’s quite possible that if they weren’t free, lifestyles would change to accommodate it, including a lot more people going car-free and transit growing to accommodate that. OP’s talking about something different, though, and I’m guessing the effect on house sizes just from non-free services would be mild, if measurable.
Personality and lifestyle dependent, too.
The problem I have with the space tax idea, which I think OP has mentioned before, is just that it presupposes what people need without much justification, and then applies a penalty to force that outcome. Really, you only want to make people pay for what they take, and people buying big houses definitely do that. (Having inequality in the first place is of course it’s own issue)
No they don’t because they don’t pay the whole value of taxes to get services in such an inefficient manner.
There is no home you can buy that is small enough to NOT be inaccessible to most people.
Are you thinking of sewer lines, garbage pickup, roads and the like?
I think it’s quite possible that if they weren’t free, lifestyles would change to accommodate it, including a lot more people going car-free and transit growing to accommodate that. OP’s talking about something different, though, and I’m guessing the effect on house sizes just from non-free services would be mild, if measurable.