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Originally Posted by Ruger2506
Well lets get this straight right from the get go. All property taxes are theft. They are extortion. Holding a person's private property ransom with the threat of losing the property they have worked hard for for many many years.
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Agree.
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The only fair taxes are sale taxes. I can decide if I want to avoid paying tax by not buying an item, by making my own, by refurbishing a used item, etc. If I am OK with paying taxes and want to pay, I buy.
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Mostly agree.
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And here in The Villages the problem is 10X worse. We get raped by the county AND The Villages for fire. Pay twice and won't ever use one.
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Short sighted. You only don't need insurance until you do.
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I pay for a school system I'll never use
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You and everyone else in the US that doesn't have school aged children, so weak argument.
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as my boys go to the charter school.
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Don't real estate taxes also support charter schools? They certainly do UpNorth.
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Roads can be paid for by gas taxes and tolls. Most other things sales tax. The fairest way is to allow the individual tax payer to determine if they want to pay. If they don't want to pay, they don't consume or drive in the example above.
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Property tax, I have little to no choice as I have to live somewhere and rent prices have property tax built into them. We all need shelter, property tax is extortion.
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Agree.
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I'm surprised how many fools are willing to simply hand over their wealth the all knowing and all powerful Oz.
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There is another option?
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So we mostly agree on all your points above, but you ignored my assertion:
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Originally Posted by Pugchief
Do homestead residents not use the services that property taxes support? If anything, you should only have to pay pro-rata taxes for the months you are actually in FL (plus months property is rented out).
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