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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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The services provided by the county need to be funded somehow and what better way than to tax the people who use the services? The people who use the services are the people who live here. The people who live here either own or rent property here. Taxing property in the county is a great way to fund the services provided by the county.
Yes, the county levies a small sales tax. If the property tax was replaced by an increased county sales tax then it would need to be raised from 1% to 6.5% making the overall sales tax 12.5%. Lake and Marion counties would love for that to happen.
So if taxing the residents of Sumter County for the services provided by Sumter County is out, what would you propose as an alternative?
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