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Originally Posted by blankall
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This is a direct consumption tax and a tax the community would otherwise bear. This is also a tax that gets investors and other people who skirt around the income tax/capital gains laws.
Property tax is much fairer than taxing income and using it for random purposes that may or may not benefit the payor in any way.
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Isn't property tax essentially the opposite of a direct consumption tax?
Rates are essentially based solely on property value, yet provide no fundamental difference in services and don't account for different loads on the 'system'.