"I agree that education of our children is important and don't mind doing my part. I do believe that property owners carry the load though. I know there are draw backs but would it not be better to fund another way, say thru sales tax?"
Sure. That's fine with me. Still, everyone pays property taxes, one way or another. Landlords include property taxes when calculating what to charge for rent.
As far as I know, the only folks who don't pay property taxes is churches, on church-owned property. I'd like to see that exemption disappear.
I imagine you would:') I would to , for a different reason though. lol
Yes they do, but this is one of the pet peeves I have in my area. We have some of the best schools in the state so rather than be able to afford the area, the apartments are full of kids (mostly single moms). Our schools then suffer proportionally and the tax paid does not cover the number of students equally. I subsidize their kids. There has been serious talk of using sales tax instead of property in our state.