I’d like to see median net income over mortgage + property tax. The numbers don’t mean much when property taxes are more than the mortgage but there is no state income tax.
I’ll add to this the lack of male only spaces throughout life. There used to be scouts, boys sports, working men’s clubs, veterans clubs etc. Almost all of it is mixed now because that was sexist. The opposite has happened in female areas with charity leagues, coding clubs, sports, gyms, etc.
I came to say the same as many other replies. For older men, it doesn’t matter as much, they can simply create their own spaces, but for boys they really can’t, they are pushed into mixing in most situations. Boys are more boisterous, so need the organized outdoor spaces. They can’t get that male space from sleepovers like girls at that age do.
For another example, think of how a group of teenagers act on their own, now how does that change when you add an adult? It is obviously unhealthy for them to always be around an adult.
Property taxes are based on home values which have doubled over the last ten years, this is just relief from that. People are being priced out of their homes right now. If there was a state income tax instead revenue would have fallen due to wages not keeping up with inflation.
Promote higher wages for the middle class, yes. The bottom half pay nothing anyway. You’d have to hugely increase minimum wage to make a tax difference.
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