[robdimarco]

I agree with you that the wage tax makes the city less attractive to live in than the neighboring burbs. I chose to live in Conshohocken rather than Chestnut Hill/Mount Airy mainly because of the wage tax.

That being said, I do think that the Nutter administration realizes this issue. The problem is that if you cut the wage tax, you have to increase revenue generation from something else. The city is already has revenue issues, so a radical change in tax structure seems unlikely.

[dantheman]

You can cut taxes and services.

[Zak]

JunkDNA and dogas suggest that the taxes are high while the level of service is low. That suggests the problem isn't lack of revenue, but inefficiency due to bureaucracy, corruption, ineffective management or the like. It is almost never a solution to throw money at such a situation.

[wake_up_sticky]

"...if you cut the wage tax, you have to increase revenue generation from something else."

...uh, no, you don't.