There is a rather diabolical sleight of hand when you pay federal, state, and local property taxes. People should reflect on the taxation burdens of our a dual citizenship status - being docked for U.S. federal and state. Add property taxes and it's triple citizenship. What a farce!
Whoever invented the idea that you OWE money to the government for your own house? Lucifer, maybe?
Civilization as we know it would collapse completely and the Earth would freeze in it orbit around the sun if you didn't get raped, I mean pay tribute your share in property taxes for your local police, dog catcher, and public transportation systems. No matter how much fraud, abuse, and graft are built into the system. We'll tax you AGAIN to pay for our federally controlled public indoctrination centers schools.
Do the Republican thing and just nod your head. Keep paying those taxes as we need to promise as much as the Democrats do!
Despite the fact that without a billion and one insane laws on the books there would be less burden on the whole system. To a point where a lawful republic would still be protected from crime, and the majority of government could be paid for by excises, duties, and user fees.
I own property in three different counties, two cities, and six school districts. I can only vote in one. Taxation without representation?
Each taxing authority want to issue bonds this fall. Inflation is rearing its ugly head. We can expect to see genuine rate increases and this felony will be compounded by inflation at the appraisal districts. In a country where we are theoretically equal, how is it that the "egalatarian" party orchestrates the progressive transfer of the tax burden away from we are all taxed at the same rate (equality) to the rich pay all the taxes and nobody else pays anything? How does that make us equal under the law?
How is all this going to end? Badly, I am afraid, but there is a glimmer of hope..