Median homeowner would see their taxes rise by ~$30 a year. And the shift of tax onto land and away from buildings would spur more construction, density, and lower rents. Seems like a win-win to me.

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Pittsburgh's reserve fund is projected to be nearly $40 million in the red by 2031. If the city raises the land millage by ~1.500 and drops the building millage rate by ~0.134 each year for the next 5 years, the reserve fund will be nearly $30 million in the black by 2031.

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"The universality of its aims—to affirm the sameness of all human beings—was in Tocqueville’s opinion one of the main reasons why the revolution of 1789 was able 'to appear comprehensible to all and to be worth imitating in a hundred places at once.'" www.liberalcurrents.com/the-ark-and-...

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Them: "But how should we address chronic trade imbalances?" Me: "The President keeps threatening to invade and annex Canada, calling it the worst country in the world. That is flat-out insane."

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Them: "But how should we deal with illegal migrants in the United States?" Me: "The President has gangs of armed masked goons randomly stopping and abusing anyone who looks suspect to them. That is unacceptable, period."

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