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I am a proponent of reducing both wage and business privilege taxes with a dollar-for-dollar increase in property taxes. Doing so will help make Philadelphia more competitive from a tax standpoint while at the same time shifting a larger proportion of our

Doug Oliver speaks at the Better Mobility 2015 Mayoral Forum at Friends Center in Philadelphia on Thursday, March 19, 2015. ( STEPHANIE AARONSON / The Next Mayor )
Doug Oliver speaks at the Better Mobility 2015 Mayoral Forum at Friends Center in Philadelphia on Thursday, March 19, 2015. ( STEPHANIE AARONSON / The Next Mayor )Read more
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I am a proponent of reducing both wage and business privilege taxes with a dollar-for-dollar increase in property taxes. Doing so will help make Philadelphia more competitive from a tax standpoint while at the same time shifting a larger proportion of our tax revenue to the taxes that fund our schools and to the taxes (property) that are the most elastic. Reductions of business and wage taxes can be accelerated, commensurate to the number of jobs created and a corresponding decrease in Philadelphia's unemployment rate.

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