Property taxes are used to fund 'education', also known as Union Jobs Program. The cost of public school education has risen astronimically compared to inflation. In my district in the northeast, we don't get to vote for property tax increases, so we pay about 30 mills, or 6000 for a 4 bed, 2000 sf, 200K house. That doesn't include almost 1K of county property taxes. The school district thinks it has to raise taxes every year faster than inflation, despite the fact that we have a declining student enrollment and soaring property value increases.
Our school district is spending almost 20K per student, now. We could afford a gold plated private school for that money.
One thing not mentioned about property taxes is the subjectiveness of it. A local politician, whose home was conservatively estimated to be worth over 1 million dollars, listed as worth 100K on the tax rolls.
A local politician, whose home was conservatively estimated to be worth over 1 million dollars, listed as worth 100K on the tax rolls. If true, then that should be used as a campaign issue against this jack@ss. If people still vote for him anyway, then you may as well move out of that town because it's filled with morons who will ultimately render your property worthless anyway.