# Rendell FTL **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rendell-ftl/187860 "2007-02-05T13:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![BlueZ06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BlueZ06](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlueZ06)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rendell-ftl/187860/5 "2007-02-05T13:53:12Z")
> [@Peeling Tint off](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/peeling-tint-off/27774/13): > > Not sure how I feel about this one. They are actually proposing a tax shift - shifting the burden from the property owner to the consumer and generating the same revenue. > > This would lower mortgages and rents. So, buying power would not really be decreased. But it would definitely encourage you to buy property instead of retail goods. > > I guess I would believe it if they proposed the property tax DECREASE first. It’s still “cheating Peter to pay Paul”. Consumers make up more of a number of Pennsylvanians, and more tax revenue is generated through purchases other than real estate. It would be smarter to actually lower property taxes by a small margin and lower sales taxes together. The decrease in both taxes would more than make up for the lost tax revenues by creating more business, and spurring an economics growth. But then again certain political parties only see economics one way… tax tax tax --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rendell-ftl/187860)._