The article doesn’t say anything new here that people don’t already know. There’s no way around the taxman. Yeah, you can rent but if you don’t think your landlord has baked his own tax burden into the rent he charges you, you are only fooling yourself.
The taxman is because we the people voted it upon ourselves...
School and road improvements historically were temporary in nature through out New England till the 1910 time frame...even the income tax in Massachusetts was temporary, then voted to be permanent not that long ago...if motivated, they can be voted away..