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Many areas of rural Alaska are unorganized boroughs, no prop taxes. Our community once had prop taxes but now set at zero also. Only way it seems to work in our town is that one man, owns most the town's business (which ain't that many); so he has the most to lose. This one guy keeps all his employees on the council & mayor; he also gets the few contracts the interst off savings allow for. Most of the community agrees with him too, no taxes that way.

We do have a few socialists (german emmigrants) who forever talk about the tax structure back in Europe; I always tell them if Germany is such a shan-gri-la; they should go back. Constant battle between the left minority who wants to spend savings and have taxes, and everybody else.

Only down side I see is that you only get what you pay for; of course only right. We don't have many services you all would think barbaric, but we like it. Another drawback is our community tends to draw a certain crowd of undesireables who live on a shoestring, end up on state services; good and bad. Cheap to live in our community with no taxes whatsoever.