The Economy

== Wrongheaded ==
Seemingly, Pittsburgh has tried to tax its way to the future. Taxes don't make a solid pathway for better lives for anyone, other than the government. 
===The word "investment" from a public sector perspective is scary.===
As the word, investment pops up, watch your wallets.
=== Increase home ownership.===
There are ways we can increase home ownership. Allow for more home ownership.
# Lower the barriers to entry into the home market.
# Reduce the tax burden on home owners. 
# Eliminate income tax. Not reduce, eliminate! Reductions can be easily reversed.
# Lower business regulations to allow for the start of more businesses.
# The URA should be pointed away from massive downtown development deals that benefit out-of-town retailers and to first-time home buyers. 
# We need to turn the inventory of existing city properties, if not liquidate. Without dumping properties and further depressing the markets, the URA can unload some of the properties its been hoarding for years. The culprit for the biggest nonprofit land grab has been the URA.
===Partnerships with the government.=== 
The best partnership that the government can offer any community, rich or poor, is to stand back and let the entrepreneurs in that community flourish. Start businesses. Flourish by making transactions. Buy, sell, service, support, add value, make things and create equity. We're great at building things.