“If we do nothing, we are handing our children a ticking time bomb that will require they pay ever greater payroll taxes just as they are beginning their careers, starting their own families and staking their claim to the American Dream.” IfsChildrenDreamPayCareersGreaterTaxesClaimsOur ChildrenStartingBombsAmerican DreamPayrollTime BombPayroll TaxTicking TimeTicking Time Bombs Author:John McCain
“We need to remake and reinvent our housing system so that it supports the flexibility and mobility of our economic system broadly. Home-ownership is rewarded by the federal tax code, which made great sense when that piece of the American Dream, and all the consumption that came with it, was essential to rebuilding the economy. These days, however, it feels like a huge penalty to people who want to travel light within the new mobile economy without a mortgage to hold them back.” PeopleDreamSupportEconomyEconomicTaxesCodeAmerican DreamFlexibilityMortgageIt Support Author:Richard Florida
“For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue.” ShouldYearsHardHomeDreamHard WorkTaxesIncreaseLocalsRealizationAmerican DreamEntityRevenueConstituentsCulminationOwning A Home Author:Solomon Ortiz