I would say lavish/early retirement plans for government workers coupled with undisciplined spending at the state/local levels are the real issues with property taxes.
Way too many government-worker retirees making $800.00+ per day!
Add to that the burden of uncontrolled illegals flooding the schools (of whom many are on welfare/section 8, etc, etc.)
Add to that the teacher to admins ratio of government schools.
Absolute nonsense.
They system is fncked and no one is going to fix it.
Pols are only going to raise taxes. That’s the “fix”.
I look forward to not having to pay schools taxes in the next three years.
User pays is a good rule.
Yeah, that’s why the taxes are high: pensions and health care bennies. But if you think that special property tax breaks for seniors are a good thing, it may be for you and others getting that particular benny, but it’s not good for society as a whole.