Good day all. One of the things that angers pretty much any property owner is having to pay property taxes. The theory behind property taxes is that it pays for things lick schools, police, fire and other local expenses. The problems arise when certain locals decide that anyone who owns property must be rich and therefore can pay more taxes for what amounts to government graft.
There have been any number of tax “Rebellions” over the years regarding property taxes. One of the most notorious was California’s Proposition 13 which limited the ability of the government to basically loot the taxpayer. Now a new movement is starting and some of the people pushing it are elected officials. The idea? Do away with property taxes altogether. Here are the details from Newsmax:
A growing number of states are considering sweeping proposals to eliminate property taxes for homeowners as rising home values push tax bills higher and fuel voter anger in an election year, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
That sounds like a great idea to me. I know that the city that the Anger Central Primary Dwelling is in has revalued the property several times in the last few years. Originally, they would do this once every ten years. Now we do have an advantage in New Hampshire. We do not have a state sales or income tax. (Although the Communists Democrats have tried repeatedly to introduce them)
Republican-led efforts in states including North Dakota, Georgia, Florida, and Texas aim to ease the burden on homeowners, though critics warn the plans could shrink revenue by the billions and threaten funding for schools and local governments that rely heavily on property taxes.
One of the major expenses for any town or city are the schools. However, parents have been looking into school systems for the last few years, over the objections of the Teachers Unions and the various school boards and they are not to happy with where their taxes are going. Many parents have pulled their children and are either home schooling them or have them enrolled into private schools. I know that a school near the Anger Central Primary Dwelling was closed down a couple of years ago due to reduced enrollments.
Supporters argue that property taxes undermine true ownership, particularly when unpaid bills can lead to foreclosure.
“No one should ever face the loss of their home because they can’t pay rent to the government,” Georgia Republican House Speaker Jon Burns said Wednesday as GOP lawmakers unveiled a proposal to phase out homeowner property taxes in the state by 2032.
There have been a number of cases where either their was a missed payment, or a bureaucratic screw up and the next thing the homeowner knows, the city has taken their house and resold it. Worse, many kept any profits. For instance, someone might owe $100 dollars, is never notified and the city takes their property and sells it. That property could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and the owners never see a dime.
There have been any number of lawsuits, usually found in the favor of the homeowner who had their property stolen. Yes, I used the term stolen. Many of these city bureaucrats, when the property owner discovers the issue and goes in to clear things up are basically told to pack up and get out. I’m surprised that there hasn’t been far more violence in these cases.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said eliminating property taxes is a long-term goal, with lawmakers weighing a plan to phase out nonschool property taxes on homeowners over a decade. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has called for ending school property taxes, while North Dakota is using oil revenue to steadily reduce tax bills.
Not everyone is convinced the idea is workable. Adam Langley of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy warned that eliminating property taxes could prove disruptive.
“I think the complete elimination of the property tax for homeowners is really going to be very difficult in most states and localities around the country, and undesirable in most places,” Langley told the Times.
I never heard of the Lincoln Institute and looked them up as I was working on this post. Here is what their slogan says on their web site:
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy seeks to improve quality of life through the effective use, taxation, and stewardship of land.
I continued to dig around a little and then found this gem.
The Lincoln Institute is committed to strengthening land-based financing to support public services in order to effectuate a key insight of economist Henry George: there is a crucial public role in private land ownership.
Yeah, I think it’s safe to say that they aren’t really big fans of private property. Everything I saw in the 30 seconds I spent on their site indicates to me that they are all in on taxing people’s property into oblivion. I think they can be safely ignored. As to whether or not most of the states could do this, consider the taxation policies of most of the Democrat controlled states such as the People’s Republic of Taxachusetts. They have property taxes, income taxes and sales taxes.
In some states, the taxation levels are over 60% including property taxes. Renters may think that they aren’t paying property taxes, but that is included in their rent. As people start fleeing Blue states such as New York, Kalifornistan and Taxachusetts, they are moving to states that are managing their budgets properly. The worst case scenario for the Blue states is that property owners simply decide to just walk away and abandon their property. Eventually, those states will collapse.
I would like to see New Hampshire get rid of the property tax, but not to see it replaced with another way for the state to steal my money. I can see a few things that could be done to help things. One is reversing the court decision that forces people to pay for schools in cities and towns they don’t live in. I also think it’s time to do a full review of schools to see just where the money is going. Still, states like Texas and Florida might be leading the way to a new system. We shall see how ti goes.
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