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Florida's Affordability Promise Comes With a Public Services Invoice
· New York time
Florida voters face a ballot choice involving relief for homeowners and the funding of public services. The measure turns the national campaign promise of affordability into a concrete question about who saves money and what the tradeoff may be. Property taxes help fund local services, so relief for homeowners can also affect the revenue available to governments. Supporters and opponents can therefore look at the same proposal and emphasize different parts of the household budget: the tax bill on one side, the services financed through it on the other. The question is not whether affordability sounds appealing. It is how a particular form of relief is paid for and who benefits. Campaign slogans are wonderfully efficient at promising lower costs without making room for the budget table. Florida's ballot asks voters to bring the table along.
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