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Originally Posted by Saul Goode
"Why am I not surprised that a city councilor thinks homeowners aren't paying enough tax? Always HRM need more taxes to fund their lavish spending gravy train at ratepayer's expense..."
Removing the assessment cap need not increase the municipality's tax revenue, and that's not what most proponents of its removal are arguing for.
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Of course the proponents are not arguing that. But that is exactly what will happen. Municipalities will not be able to resist the tax rate sleight of hand that will give them a huge windfall.