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Originally Posted by biggamefish1
This all started with If you own your home outright, why should you be taxed on your property and it has sprouted out to so many thoughts. Everything else I buy and own isn't taxed, so why should my home be taxed if it is paid in full?
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for public services because you live here. . . if you don't pay property taxes, the other items you own may be taxed to fund the public services. . .
unless you want the fire department to charge only the customers it services, so an EMT ambulance call will cost $6,000 or so, and if you say ok, fine, and my insurance will pick that up, well, your health insurance will go up to cover that payment. . . or not cover it at all
public services are not free, this isn't a communistic country, its a mixed socialism/capitalism society, where some public service costs are socialized, such as roads, fire, police, and other local services. .