The Property Tax Bill

Defining the Problem Comment by Fischer, Kahlib: One paragraph.
People often commit crimes and while only Christ can save people, the law made by the government can at least guide people into doing what is deemed right by society. While only Christ removes evil, policies introduced by the government can promote control. The H.R.614 - Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2017 is a bill that aims to reduce tax delinquency in owners of property that rent to Section 8 voucher holders. The bill is aimed at reducing the possibility of property owners not paying their taxes in a timely manner and having the paid taxes used to cover the cost of schools (cover taxes) (Congress, 2017).
May: Biblical guidelines and principles
The Two main principles to discuss here is ‘Man is Sin’ and ‘Jesus Christ is the only means of ultimate salvation’. Government interventions like the bill proposed will only have limited success due to the irrationality of political leaders and citizens. The only person that can save humanity from evil is Jesus Christ. But, even with the limited success, it can still help reinforce the need for property owners to pay their taxes accordingly (Kraft & Furlong, 2017).
Constitutional guidelines for federal and state involvement
This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937. As is the right of Congress to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, and so forth to pay the Debts and provide for the general Welfare of the United States (DiNitto & Johnson, 2016) under the enumerated powers of the federal institution, it is lawful that a bill is made to reinforce the power of the government to collect taxes. 1900: Knowlton v. Moore, 178 U.S. 41 was a Supreme Court Case that helped define the meaning of ‘direct taxes’ providing the foundation from which to create things like general property tax that would be reworked in the early 20th century (Famguardian, 2017).
Can: Political Feasibility Comment by Fischer, Kahlib: One brief paragraph for each of these.
Three Republicans sponsor the bill. They are Rep. Patrick Tiberi, Lou Barletta, and Ryan Costello. According to the congress.gov website, it was introduced 1/23/2017 and may be passed because it is an amendment to an already established bill.
Financial feasibility
CBO.gov didn’t have a similar bill that was passed so therefore a similar budget is not available. Because this is enforcement of property tax adherence involving rental assistance abatement from renters under Section 8, there is little cost involved. H.R. 244 is a bill that discusses state budget and places it at $36,586. So, the estimated cost would be $36,586 (CBO, 2017).
Practical feasibility
The bill is more of an added ability of the Housing Authority to enforce tax collection from property owners. Because there is already enforcement of property tax collection, this will not be much different from current practices. To implement the policy, an additional worker can be hired to store pertinent data regarding property tax delinquents to make collecting of rental assistance amounts that go straight to the taxing authority easier to track and assess.
Should Comment by Fischer, Kahlib (Helms School of Government): Provide a summary of the key ideas of your analysis in support of your position. Must be based on the “May” and “Can” analysis. Offer a recommendation based upon the analysis.
I support the bill because it forces tax delinquency to lessen by using the rental assistance amounts for direct payment of tax delinquency debt. As God and Christ are the only ones capable of providing true law and eliminating evil, humans cannot be relied on to act responsibly themselves. Therefore, the law will.




References Comment by Fischer, Kahlib: List your sources in APA format below.
CBO. (2017, September 27). H.R. 244, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017. Retrieved from https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52708
Congress. (2017, January 23). H.R.614 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2017. Retrieved from https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/614?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22public+property%22%5D%7D&r=1
DiNitto, D. M., & Johnson, D. H. (2016). Social welfare: Politics and public policy. Boston, Mass. [u.a.: Pearson.
Famguardian. (2017). COURT CASES RELATING TO INCOME TAXES. Retrieved from https://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/CourtCases/CourtCases.htm
Kraft, M. E., & Furlong, S. R. (2017). Public policy: Politics, analysis, and alternatives. CQ Press.