More accurate name

Joel Sears, presumably representing the York County Taxpayers Council, advocates eliminating the school property tax, and cutting business taxes by 50 percent. What does that mean? It means the greeter at the mega-store will pay more school tax than the business. The student with the summer job hauling bricks will pay more than the wealthy out-of-the-school-district developer. The guy clearing snow at the apartment complex will pay a higher percentage than the non-resident landlord. And the lawn care service for the McMansion will be taxed on a larger percentage of income than the people who spend six months in Florida. Mega-mall and strip mall land owners will have a free ride, all on the backs of retirees and ordinary workers who will be sales-taxed on everything they have to buy.

Perhaps a more accurate name for the York County Taxpayers Council would be Stick-it-to-the-little-guy Council.

Carl Huber, Jr
Springettsbury Township

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