Other reforms Hawkins is calling for include a windfall
tax on pharmaceutical companies» opioid wealth, a surtax on high -
dollar pass -
through income from LLCs and other pass -
through vehicles, a clawback of the new federal
tax cuts if not used to increase workers» pay, home rule for
local income
taxes, and
tax credit «circuit breakers» to protect low - to - moderate income tenants and homeowners from unaffordable rents and
property taxes.
Of course, the problem is even where teachers have agreed to a wage freeze you have increasing costs — without additional state aid — those extra
dollars will have to come from the
local property tax which is much more unfair for the middle class than raising money
through the income
tax (assuming you don't let the millionaires off the hook like the Governor did).