Seed foreign buyer tax on Beacon Hill?

Comment on lead story in the Boston Globe today. What's the best way to seed a coalition to support this? Post your thoughts below and then let's put ideas to vote, like visiting legislators during the Realtors Day on the Hill on June 14, 2017 (as they're not likely to support the idea).

On Beacon Hill, new talk of raising taxes
http://bit.ly/MATaxRECmnt

Can advocates on both sides of this debate find a middle ground by exporting our growing tax burden? How, by imposing a real estate buyer tax on foreign buyers similar to Vancouver where international investors pay 15% on top of the sales price; or Singapore’s model: any investor / non-owner occupant pays a tiered buyer tax.

Significantly, the tax does not come out of the seller's pocket or the developer’s proforma. As such, it taps into Boston / Cambridge's growing international appeal to raise tax revenue, perhaps to increase funding for affordable housing.

Look into the future, and see the consequences if we continue to let #SpeculatorsWithoutBorders drive up prices and extract affordable housing opportunities:

http://bit.ly/GlobalSpecTax