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theAmericanStranger t1_jaipttq wrote

Reply to comment by flamehead2k1 in Philly mayoral candidates are discussing gun violence tonight. Here are some key policies likely to come up by PhillyPanda

>Philly isn't a huge retirement destination

I'm older than most people here, so I know quite a few New Yorkers who come for the retirement, taking advantage of much cheaper real estate and living in general . From my small sample size this is recent trend.

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But I think you're wrong - there is no Philly capital gain tax afaik, although be happy to be corrected.

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Minqua t1_jains7h wrote

Reply to comment by felis_scipio in Philly mayoral candidates are discussing gun violence tonight. Here are some key policies likely to come up by PhillyPanda

The difference is the people that are living in Philly have gotten worse. The guns arent bad, the petusing them are. There seems to be a real lack of any value or respect on life. Every shooting you hear the same we need to stop the violence talk but nothing changes.

Violent criminals should never get out of jail but that ship has sailed in Philly. Its every’s fault but the criminals or some nonsense like that

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flamehead2k1 t1_jaimh4r wrote

Reply to comment by theAmericanStranger in Philly mayoral candidates are discussing gun violence tonight. Here are some key policies likely to come up by PhillyPanda

>If you have a wage tax, why not tax the really rich who come here to retire and live off their retirement/capital ?

There is already a tax on investment earnings.

Philly isn't a huge retirement destination and likely wouldn't be if taxes on this type of income went up significantly.

Easy enough for people to live in the suburbs and come in for dining and entertainment. Especially towns along PATCO or RR

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felis_scipio t1_jaif2hf wrote

Reply to comment by piddling_around in Philly mayoral candidates are discussing gun violence tonight. Here are some key policies likely to come up by PhillyPanda

Good question but when it comes to gun violence info / stars you’re often stuck between groups who are rabidly anti-gun and groups who are rabidly pro-gun putting out numbers that are all over the place in how they define things and I say that as someone who is very pro 2A and owns an ample collection.

One of the best local sources I’ve found was the Radio Times show on NPR. It’s ended but I’d strongly recommend looking back in their catalog and listening to their episodes on gun violence. I was always impressed with the range of guests they’d bring on from former police to kids on the street who were living in the middle of it. They always struck me as trying to foster a legitimate discussion and not ramrod down some pre-convinced opinion.

Another thing to keep in mind because when election time comes local politicians love to point at Harrisburg and say we can’t do anything because they don’t let us when in reality there’s been no change to PA gun laws since the 90s and in fact PA is stricter than many states because the private sale of handguns from one person to another legally requires a federal background check.

So if you look back to the low murder stats during the Nutter administration and ask what was the difference, the answer is not that the laws have been loosened up making it easier to legally buy a gun. Also the upward trend during Kenny’s term started before Covid hit, since that guys loves blaming Covid for damn near everything.

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