Property Taxes

[kenmac]

don't know how it is in other states, but in my state is you get a disability check, you pay zero property taxes

 

[LouNY]

I believe that we should have a flat rate income tax on any and all income above a set amount,
either a year worth on minimum wage or something similar.
And a sales tax on all purchases except food.
Property taxes are an excessive burden on anyone with a fixed income,
many farmers and older residents of many areas get taxed out of their homes and farms that they have lived and worked on all their lives.
And as others have pointed out many people don't pay property taxes directly yet they have a say in how much tax money is spent.

 

[CADplans]

No it doesn't. I hate sales taxes!! Hate 'em! Hate 'em! Hate em!!!
Oh, did I mention that I really dislike sales taxes? I fail to see the logic as to why they're so much more "fair" than other methods of taxation.

Actually, in my humble opinion,, the sales tax is the ONLY fair tax,,,

I do not know about where you live,, but, where I live, there is a LARGE percentage of money earned "under the table"
House cleaning
lawn service
flea market type sales,,
any transaction in cash,, yard sales,, etc,, anything,,
THEN ,,, THE BIGGIE,,
DRUG sales,,

All of the untaxed money is then used to buy whatever the person wants,, bypassing EVERY form of tax,,

Heck, in some states,, you can live real good on $20K income,, IF you are paying no taxes,,,

So,, if you do not have a sales tax, how would YOU capture the illegal income tax-wise??

 

[buckeyefarmer]

It's really hard for retired people in nj . My mother is 84 she lives In Bergen cty her taxes are $18,000.00 a year for a tiny cape on 1/3 of an acre .:shocked: That's why I moved to the most rural part I could find with in a hour drive from work . When I first bought my house taxes where 2500.00 a year in 1998 . The local hydro plant was paying a big chunk but not no more. But I still pay a lot less 5'800.00 .You couldn't give me a house where my mom lives. Oh yea yea could but then I would sell it build me a nice big barn shop.:cool2::drink:

Double Yikes.....

 

[gsganzer]

Illinois might start charging $1,000 per year to own an electric vehicle

New Zealand has a neat way of doing automobile taxes. If I remember correctly, each vehicle is put in a certain class based on size/weight and you pay a tax per miles driven each year. The bigger vehicles pay more per mile for the greater wear they cause.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I believe that we should have a flat rate income tax on any and all income above a set amount,
either a year worth on minimum wage or something similar.
And a sales tax on all purchases except food.
Property taxes are an excessive burden on anyone with a fixed income,
many farmers and older residents of many areas get taxed out of their homes and farms that they have lived and worked on all their lives.
And as others have pointed out many people don't pay property taxes directly yet they have a say in how much tax money is spent.

I agree.

How do we tax the money the illegals make and send home? Tortilla and bean tax?

 

[MossRoad]

Agree. And in our state, as in most, the apartment dwellers (no property tax) in the liberal leaning big city get to vote on the taxes rural property owners pay. :confused3:

Apartment dwellers fund property taxes through their landlords by way of the rent they pay. It's all figured into the rent by the landlord.

 

[NorTracNY]

New Zealand has a neat way of doing automobile taxes. If I remember correctly, each vehicle is put in a certain class based on size/weight and you pay a tax per miles driven each year. The bigger vehicles pay more per mile for the greater wear they cause.

That would make WAY too much sense for it to be used here. At the state level here a lot of politicians travel many miles in big SUVs to the state capital. That would hurt their pockets. Politicians are just about giving free money to their local areas. They don't care how the tax is done or what excuse is made for bringing in the money. They just want the money. Why should we be paying state taxes that the local school districts have to beg to get. They all get some, so couldn't that be removed from the state's collection? NO, because the state controls the local governments with this. The same is done on the state/federal level.

 

[Deerherd]

For the love of god, Americans ALREADY pay a sliding scale on how much you drive by the tax on gasoline. There’s a federal tax of 18 cents on gas and a 24 cents on on diesel PLUS your state tax. The more gas you buy the more taxes you pay. Don’t give politicians any more ideas....

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I really hate re property tax. Are we really supposed to believe that someone in a $500k house uses 5 times the government services as someone in a $100k house? Truth be known, I suspect the opposite is true - the $100k owner uses more, more likely to involve the PD and FD, likely live in an area of heavier traffic/road use. Probably more people live in the house on average, meaning more garbage etc. I know in my own case, I知 the highest paying resident on our street of 20 plus houses, but I don稚 get anymore government services than any of the other, likely less. As for retired people, there ought to be a mechanism that property taxes cannot be raised more than % income rises.

Consumption tax is the way to go.

Those who have more pay more... Don't ask me why.