You Get What You Tax For - conversation with Joe Small

In this episode, I spoke with the Honorable Judge Joe Small, retired presiding judge of the Tax Court of New Jersey. Judge Small breaks down how our property tax system, rooted in 1940s constitutional language, affects everything from starter home construction to school funding, and why it’s often lower- and middle-income families who end up footing the bill.

We talk about what's broken, what could be fixed, and why some reforms are harder than they should be.

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