Well here in PA we were sold a bill of goods on casinos - supposed to see our property taxes go down. Good luck with that.
I own a home in Florida and one is PA. Florida home appraised at about 4 times the PA home. Property and school taxes in Florida total 1/2 what they do in PA - and I don’t mean 1/2 of the appraisal - I mean 1/2 the size of the total check I write.
Business and regulatory taxes and fees here just kill us. Worker Comp runs about 1.6% of payroll. Its no wonder that the state can’t attract (and keep) businesses here. Although banking seems to prosper as does any form of government and welfare worker.
Here in Texas, our property taxes were supposed to go down, too. They did one year but are skyrocketing to make up the difference. Mine have gone up over 10% every year in the past 10 years expect that one year. It’s only supposed to be a hike of 10% but rounding seems to go in their favor. We can’t make the basic repairs because every dime of *past* savings is going to property taxes. Unless some unknown rich uncle dies and leaves us a fortune, we’ll be forced out of the home I grew up in and raised my family in within the next 3 years.