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Get the immigrants to pay
Posted By katie allison granju
A Morristown resident reflects on the possibility of a municipal tax increase:
Perhaps they should find an impact based tax narrow the budget deficit. Study where the biggest drain on the City’s resources are today compared to 5 or 10 years ago and create a tax that targets those drains. Morristown has a large migrant problem, larger per capita than other parts of the state and southeast. In passing you would believe that this group doesn’t own property and wouldn’t suffer if the sales tax fails. This demographic is most likely is renting. The fairest choice is create a tax that targets the renting population - a ‘renters tax’, a ‘landlord tax’ or some other niche tax to see they pay their fair share for the drain on the city. If this can’t be easily accomplished perhaps the City can start having the code enforcement inspectors begin a crackdown on the rental properties see what kind of income violations bring into the City’s budget. The side effect that these things might provide is a nudge make on documented residents find a town that they could live cheaper in.
Jun 3rd, 2008
