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re: Can Louisiana ever be fixed?
Posted on 5/10/24 at 1:47 pm to JumpingTheShark
Posted on 5/10/24 at 1:47 pm to JumpingTheShark
Property taxes mean that you never own your home. If you think you do, try not paying them.
Some bureaucrat gets to decide the value of your home, which changes every year, and you have to dispute it if you disagree. It's hard to raise income taxes or sales taxes. If you want to raise more money from property taxes, just increase the value on everyone's home. Some will dispute it, but many won't. I'd sell them my house tomorrow for what they said it was worth on my 2023 taxes, but it's not enough money for me to bother disputing it.
Plus, poorly educated voters tend to vote for increases because they don't think if affects them, and in many cases in doesn't very much (rent subsidies, Section 8).
Some bureaucrat gets to decide the value of your home, which changes every year, and you have to dispute it if you disagree. It's hard to raise income taxes or sales taxes. If you want to raise more money from property taxes, just increase the value on everyone's home. Some will dispute it, but many won't. I'd sell them my house tomorrow for what they said it was worth on my 2023 taxes, but it's not enough money for me to bother disputing it.
Plus, poorly educated voters tend to vote for increases because they don't think if affects them, and in many cases in doesn't very much (rent subsidies, Section 8).
This post was edited on 5/10/24 at 1:50 pm
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Posted on 5/10/24 at 1:57 pm to fallguy_1978
Depends on where you live I suppose. They’re very low for my house and our public services and utilities are arse. To get nicer public services you need money. Has to come from somewhere. I get your point on sales tax but shite is already expensive as it is and if your city looks like a dump because the city lacks funding then people won’t visit and drive up sales tax anyway so who is it wasted on apart from people who already live there.
I just don’t see how one can ignore what elimination of income tax has done for other southern states.
I just don’t see how one can ignore what elimination of income tax has done for other southern states.
This post was edited on 5/10/24 at 1:58 pm
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