ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months ago‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’www.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square222fedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down147
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minus-squarepotpotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYour property taxes don’t go towards those things though. Maybe a bloated police force, but that’s still usually funded via earned income tax.
minus-squareBartsbigbugbag@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoYour federal taxes could go towards local governments if we prioritized it. There’s a choice made, and that choice forces cities to adopt as many taxes as they can get away with in order to fund themselves.
Your property taxes don’t go towards those things though. Maybe a bloated police force, but that’s still usually funded via earned income tax.
Your federal taxes could go towards local governments if we prioritized it. There’s a choice made, and that choice forces cities to adopt as many taxes as they can get away with in order to fund themselves.