ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 3 days ago‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’www.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up1461arrow-down149
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minus-squarepotpotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days 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 days 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.