The base sales tax rate in Florida is 6% but a lot of counties have been allowed a tax surcharge, like Duval County where I live passed a .5% sales tax increase for schools.
Florida also gets a significant portion of their revenue from taxes on tourists, bed taxes, etc., plus they pay sales taxes on anything they buy in Florida.
Your last statement is common among many, if property taxes are substantially lowered or eliminated where is the money going to come from.
I think the question should be, does the government need the money to begin with or are local governments taxing and spending like Democrats and the only to reign in government waste is to cut the revenue and spend money on nothing but essentials.
It comes down to a philosophical question about the role of government especially at the state and local level.
“is to cut the revenue and spend money on nothing but essentials”
Generally, this is my philosophy here too in NH.
Except, we get our revenue from primarily property taxes.
IMHO, the sales tax or VAT is the best method. The more you spend, the more taxes you pay. So, poor people do not pay as much as wealthy people because they tend to spend less.
This is the issue we have here in NH. Older poor people are almost forced to sell their homes because they can not afford the property taxes. Many then want an income tax. Yet , they do not take into account they do not pay any sales tax UNLESS you go out to eat. Or buy any prepared food.
Yet, the state of NH makes a lot on people crossing the border to buy things. Booze, fireworks, retail clothes, etc are all right on the MA border. The liquor stores are at the highway rest stops.