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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
Structure it in a way that only the low income earners get the tax break, and the mid to higher income earners taxes stay the same as they are now. Surely that can’t be too difficult to figure out
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Again, these types of tax breaks already exist, so you’re just talking about the current situation.
And it doesn’t address the fact that unhoused people are not working and therefore are paying no taxes to begin with, so you aren’t actually solving anything.
Instead of vaguely targeting “low income earners” who are not homeless or at risk of homelessness, target the people who actually need it. That’s the entire idea behind increasing funding programs and services for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness, which needs to be paid for, which means your taxes need to go up regardless how much people don’t want them to.
Adding further supports for low income earners is great, and I agree with it. It has nothing to do with addressing homelessness, though.