“Mansion Tax” Coming To New York, Compliments Of Mayor de Blasio
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
05/01/2014
Since the entire developed world is insolvent (don’t believe us, believe Paul Singer), it was only a matter of time before this percolating English idea moved across the big pond: this we warned about also when we said that “if anyone is still confused, the IMF-proposed “mansion tax” is most certainly coming to the US, and every other insolvent “developed world” nation, next.” Today we learn that we were right about this too. The Post reports that “After his failed attempt to hike income taxes on the wealthy, Mayor de Blasio is eyeing another way to squeeze money from millionaires to fund another top priority: affordable housing. Multiple sources tell The Post that the mayor is talking to people about how to increase the so-called “mansion tax” on homes selling for $1 million or more to help offset the cost of adding 200,000 affordable-housing units.”
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