This story is about property taxes, not income taxes. Property taxes no matter where in the country you live are all about how much property and what's on it when it comes to taxes. Do you own any property?
Yes, as should be obvious to you if you've been reading the posts on this thread.
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Property taxes, income taxes, what's the difference? I cost the government no more if I have a bigger house, or more land so my share of it should be the same as my neighbors. Here, in fact, the people with the biggest houses (not me) usually send their kids to private school so they cost the government less than I do, or did. (My kids are grown now. Hey! I cost the government less too!) Tax assessments should be uniform in dollars, not rate, for every entity within the jurisdiction that is being taxed. That's how to keep them down as the people at the margins will holler, just as they do with supposedly high gasoline prices. I could never figure out why the guy who drives a cab twelve hours a day has to pay higher income taxes than the one who drives eight hours a day, but I guess you have.
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