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Philadelphia gets a tax cut, sort of

Daily takes from Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson.

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Don’t know about your neighborhood but in my corner of the city, property taxes are THE topic of conversation. And not in a fun way. Since many neighbors are retired, they won’t enjoy even the Mayor’s miniscule wage tax cut that amounts to about 5 bucks on a $50,000 a year salary. Clearly the good thing about democracy though, is that when a mayor is facing an election, he suddenly thinks no new taxes is a great idea.

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