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Originally Posted by Fire
Essentially yes, they are freeloaders, but that's in the tax law so I don't blame them for using it. What irked me is that you wanted to add a new tax write off. I doubt society would see much if any benefit by spending thousands of dollars to help you move closer to the downtown core.
It's not like the properties near the downtown core are in low demand. By the taxpayers helping you move closer downtown you are just taking the spot of somebody else that would have moved into the same location with no outside help. Plus by leaving the suburbs you are just opening another spot for a evil car user to take, thus eliminating any supposed traffic easing that taking one car off the road would do.
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Not sure you are getting the logic here... It's not just about the downtown core... How many people live in the NW or NE and work in the SE? It's about providing incentive to people to make the city more efficient. I am not saying I should be able to flat out remove 20k moving expenses from my taxable income. It could be similar to medical and be 15% etc or several other viable options. And stop referring to it as "Taxpayer" money already, you know what 15% of $0.00 is?!? If I don't pay taxes, it doesn't really apply to me does it? It's coming out of money I already pay year over year, and if the government can't see the value in having the population of it's cities distributed closely to their respective places of work, than we have a larger issue to discuss.