Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’

• deathbird@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Tax Other Stuff

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• Phoonzang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  But those things do not scale with the (alleged) value oft the property, but with things like property size, number oft occupants, curb length etc. Or could even be billed at actual cost (your garbage example).

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  • calcopiritus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Why do millionaires pay more taxes than minimum-wage workers?

    Whatever answer you come up to my question can probably answer yours.

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  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    yet even if your family doesn’t use these services you benefit from safe roads, educated workers, green spaces for all to have access, and public sanitation - you LITERALLY BENEFIT FROM EVERYTHING but don’t want to pay.

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  • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But your taxes don’t scale with the alleged value of the property either. There are caps and protections in place. That’s why they were only paying $15k previously. And they didn’t just repair their old house, they put an entire second story on it. Hence the reason they triggered the “major improvements” clause.

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• mcteazy@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think you’re misunderstanding the post… He’s saying property taxes are a necessary source of government revenue (that we all benefit from) but you shouldn’t have to pay it if it’s a primary residence and there should be a different structure or revenue stream. I agree with that, since a property tax is basically a wealth tax on ordinary people because it is a tax on their single biggest asset.

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    He’s saying property taxes are a necessary source of government revenue (that we all benefit from) but you shouldn’t have to pay it if it’s a primary residence and there should be a different structure or revenue stream. I agree with that

    Where do you want the revenue needed to fund the city to come from if not from property owners?

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    • deathbird@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Workers. Employers. Commuters. Capital gains. Sales.

      There are so many things you can tax, so many points where money moves from one set of hands to another where you can shave a little off the top. It’s just a bit absurd to me that we will shake people down for money for just having a home that an assessor figures could sell for some particular amount of money.

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• Master@lemm.ee ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No. Those things are paid for by other taxes and service fees.

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