Like I said, stupid law. Opens the door for all kinds of mischief.
Somewhere along the way people got the idea that other people who worked for the government are trustworthy.... they aren’t. What they think they need / deserve that they aren’t paid they will steal somehow. Give them enough rope and enough power and they will not only steal more the will start to tell you what to do. See a pattern here?
We need to not trust the government and OUR employees there-of, it and they do not deserve it.
We also need to vastly restrict the powers of the government and OUR employees there. They once worked for us, now we work for them. Happy about that?
On the subject of higher property taxes instead of a state income tax.... who is favored and who is hurt by doing this? Once again, the opportunity for mischief is offered. Look at who favors higher property taxes.
I’m not saying, I’m just suggesting:
1. Higher property tax means that people who are retired or who lose their income stream won’t be able to hold on to their property as easily... more estate sales, more real estate transactions.
2. More sales means higher turn over and potentially higher property values... to a point, must not price the property out of competitive taxation rates. To my point here, Oklahoma is one state noted for the low turn over of land because families are able to keep it at little cost now. This infuriates the realtors.
3. Property tax in lieu of income tax favors any wage earner or corporate entity... especially corporate entities since they can easily convert property to deductible leases.
4. More local control of taxation... see who is happy about that