Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’
potpotato@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoYour property taxes don’t go towards those things though. Maybe a bloated police force, but that’s still usually funded via earned income tax.
Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Your federal taxes could go towards local governments if we prioritized it. There’s a choice made, and that choice forces cities to adopt as many taxes as they can get away with in order to fund themselves.