[DumpsterDiver]

We'll never be free again until the income tax is gone."

What's your opinion on property taxes? It bugs me that no one can ever truly own property in the U.S. We're all perpetual renters, even after the mortgage is paid off.

I don't know, though, what sort of alternative tax could be used for funding schools, police, etc.

[Jim Robinson]

Well, obviously, it's up to the voters in each state. My guess is that one of the primary causes of high property taxes is out of control spending in public education. I'd like to see the states solve both problems by privatizing education.

[cpst12]

>>I don't know, though, what sort of alternative tax could be used for funding schools, police, etc.

I don't know why we need any taxes at all: income, property, sale taxes etc. The republicans in power have made it quite clear that defecits do not matter, and there is no problem whatsoever having trillions upon trillions of dollars of debt. So why can't we just stop collecting taxes altogether and just keep borrowing money to pay for the government?....if we could just borrow enough, we'd all be wealthy, wouldn't we? and we'd never have to do any of the hard work of actually reducing spending or the size of government...