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Tax Reform

Tax Reform in this context means policy debate at all levels of government. Included are education funding issues.

Folder New Jersey
This corner of our site relates the history of LVT legislative efforts in the past, and hopes for passage in the near future. Although the benefit of LVT is clear to many, and would help the struggling cities of the Garden State, opposition by a very narrow niche of New Jersey's business community, the tax break dependent development community has battled furiously against LVT.
Document The Fallacy of the Three-Legged Stool
From "State Tax Notes" Dr. Bill Batt takes on an old chestnut. Does a healthy tax base and economic growth really require a smorgasboard of taxes? Batt disagrees. (In html format.)
File The Fallacy of the Three-Legged Stool
PDF version of Dr. Batt's analysis.
File Schools and Property Taxes
The assertion that property taxes are a regressive tool for education funding has not yet been proved. Yet, a land tax for school funding has been studied to show progressivity.
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