Property taxes are COMMUNISM.
“Property taxes are COMMUNISM.”
A coworker, a former Vietnamese boat person with a horrendous escape story involving starvation and torture, was just laid off. In a panic, he spent his entire savings to pay off his house so his family would have a guaranteed place to live. He has no cash. I explained that if he couldn’t pay the taxes his house would be sold. Now he’s really panicked. What’s worse, his electronic design skills have mostly been outsourced to India. If he does get another job he’ll have to move. But the point is, if you don’t pay the taxes you don’t own the home. As long as there are taxes you only rent.