Economy
Do You Support a New Rain Tax?
Here’s the Scoop
In Fairfax, Virginia, the City Council is set to vote on a new rain tax. At a meeting last month, Fairfax City Manager Robert A. Stalzer proposed taxing residents and businesses for the amount of rainwater that falls on their roofs, driveways, parking lots, and other “impervious surfaces” on their property.
The city’s stormwater fund is currently raised through a 3-cent fee charged as a portion of a property owner’s real estate tax bill, totaling $2 million in annual receipts.
According to Stalzer, that $2 million “is not sufficient to meet the regulatory, infrastructure maintenance, and drainage improvement demands of the stormwater program.”
pineapplefish56
May 27, 2023 at 4:12 pm
Hey Lorax, you going to tax the air we breath next?
Sharon Taylor
August 26, 2023 at 5:40 pm
Don’t give them any ideas.
mike6080
July 4, 2023 at 9:38 pm
are you kidding ? next the demonrats will want to charge you property tax on your grave pay it or be evicted.
Barbara Atkins
August 15, 2023 at 12:15 pm
Just go ahead and try! We’re already a Banana Republic, so why not? I can’t imagine a more stupid way to run a country – even a banana republic one!!