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Originally Posted by you&me
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'.
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A matter of perspective. The more your property is worth the more you are benefiting from all the infrastructure that goes into maintaining the community that creates the value in that property. It can also be viewed as a tax on your cost of living, which makes it a direct consumption tax.
However you want to define it, property owners most certainly get benefits that society pays for, that non-property owners do not get. They should be taxed for this.