The new “Taylor Swift” is targeting the new wealthy

Wealthy home owners in Rod Island, including Taylor SwiftIn the midst of a hot controversy over a new tax targeting the second homes of one million dollars or more.

The proposal called “Taylor Swift Tax” by the frustrated locals, aims to slap with luxury home owners with annual fees if their properties are not used for at least six months of the year.

The “Taylor Swift tax”, which was included in the budget of the proposed country worth $ 14.3 billion, has sparked a violent reaction from celebrities, real estate brokers and residents for a long time, with some threat to abandon the completely summer retreats.

Among those in Crosshair Swift itself, which has a $ 17 million palace in Watch Hill in the high -end city of Watch Hill since 2013. While it was intended to support housing initiatives at reasonable prices, critics argue that additional fees are a misleading attempt to pressure residents for a long time and seasonal visitors.

The violent reaction was fierce.

Local employer James Nicholas, who runs his family at the beloved St. Claire Ice Cream Store for only four generations under the hill from Taylor Swift. Daily Mail“As one of the people who run small companies benefiting from the summer population, I think about others such as landscapes, wood squares, contractors and billiard companies that depend on these summer visitors.”

“The golden bullet is not that people think it, we will just send a text message to the wealthy and nothing will happen. There are severe consequences,” continued. “There is a layer of society that can accommodate this cost, but ordinary people, may not put an addition at home, do not know that you go to local restaurants, or do not shop in local stores as much, imposing taxes on them is short thinking in looking.”

Founder of SPORTS Barstool Dave Porto It was also weighed, with a warning that the tax can put a dangerous precedent in the northeast.

“We don’t like this tax,” Porteni said in a video. “Now, I don’t have any homes in Rudd Island, but I got close to it. I don’t like those countries that get ideas.”

According to the proposal, the second home owners will pay additional fees worth $ 2.50 per $ 500 of the estimated value exceeding the first million dollars. For Swift Palace and other Hill Watch real estate, this may mean the annual fees consisting of six numbers.

But the broker Larry Burns indicated that the tax will not reach celebrities.

“There are people like Taylor Swift, people will look at her and think,” well, she has a lot of money that you will never notice like this, “said Burns. Not everyone has inexhaustible resources. “

The budget also includes a 63 % increase to the real estate transportation tax, which is paid when the real estate is sold, with revenues from both guts allocated to affluent housing projects.

The local broker, Jeep Master, repeated anxiety, claiming that “it is just another way to pursue the wealthy when the state’s money dries … it’s another nail in the coffin.”

He also said that many residents threaten to take their money elsewhere, and it is afraid that local companies, which depend on summer tourism, will disappear with great success if the seasonal crowd begins to disappear.

On Wednesday, Rudd Island Daniel J. Maki signing the draft law or its veto, and criticized the tax height as unnecessary.

“At this moment, there was no need to raise taxes on anyone,” Maki said, although he did not completely exclude a future version of the bill.

The legislature can still review the budget to obtain the approval of Makki, but at the present time, the tax remains forgetful.