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Should being allowed to vote on property tax issues be contingent on property ownership?
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:07 pm
This idea popped in my head after the “ Is it rude to ask someone if they’re a property owner??” thread.
Should proof of ownership of real property be a prerequisite prior to voting on various local and state property tax issues? Think about it, if you don’t own a home or acreage, why should you be allowed to vote on those matters - i.e., tax increase, where the tax funds are to be allocated, etc.
Should proof of ownership of real property be a prerequisite prior to voting on various local and state property tax issues? Think about it, if you don’t own a home or acreage, why should you be allowed to vote on those matters - i.e., tax increase, where the tax funds are to be allocated, etc.
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Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:08 pm to GentleJackJones
quote:yes
Should being allowed to vote on property tax issues be contingent on property ownership?
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:08 pm to GentleJackJones
quote:
Should proof of ownership of real property be a prerequisite prior to voting on various local and state property tax issues? Think about it, if you don’t own a home or acreage, why should you be allowed to vote on those matters - i.e., tax increase, where the tax funds are to be allocated, etc.
If I can't decide how my property is taxed before I buy it, why would I buy it?
Additionally, if I were already a property owner, why would I not just vote to shift all tax burden to non property owners?
As you already know, in short, this is a retarded and ridiculous idea
This post was edited on 8/2/22 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:08 pm to GentleJackJones
Should gays be the only ones allowed to vote on gay laws?
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:09 pm to GentleJackJones
This is not the 1800s, so no.
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:09 pm to GentleJackJones
Absolutely.
Also: New property taxes would never be approved by voters.
Also: New property taxes would never be approved by voters.
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:10 pm to GentleJackJones
Used to be that way.
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:10 pm to GentleJackJones
You think renters aren't affected when property taxes go up?
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:10 pm to GentleJackJones
Yes, but why would the local governments ever want that or allow it to happen?
This post was edited on 8/2/22 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:10 pm to GentleJackJones
Not only on property ownership
But net taxpayers as well
A government employee that owns property is not a net taxpayer because their money came from taxes. What they own is actually from taxpayers and should not even be considered theirs. They should not have any votes either.
But net taxpayers as well
A government employee that owns property is not a net taxpayer because their money came from taxes. What they own is actually from taxpayers and should not even be considered theirs. They should not have any votes either.
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:10 pm to GentleJackJones
Of course it should. Why should people who don't contribute have any say in how my money is spent?
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:10 pm to GentleJackJones
Absolutely. I would go even further and say that property owners votes should be weighted differently.
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:11 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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If I can't decide how my property is taxed before I buy it, why would I buy it?
For the most part taxes are already there - so you aren’t deciding anything
Usually you are deciding a renewal or an increase, in which I think only property owners should vote on this
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:12 pm to GentleJackJones
The vast majority of people who do not own property indirectly pay property taxes.
If they rent, if they shop in stores, if they eat in restaurants property taxes are important to them. Some who are young and don't own property yet will be impacted by property tax choices now when they do buy property.
If they rent, if they shop in stores, if they eat in restaurants property taxes are important to them. Some who are young and don't own property yet will be impacted by property tax choices now when they do buy property.
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:13 pm to wadewilson
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You think renters aren't affected when property taxes go up?
You think the OT is smart enough to follow that line of thinking?
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:15 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
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Absolutely. I would go even further and say that property owners votes should be weighted differently.
That's not far enough, IMO.
If you don't own property, your vote is worth 1/4 of a normal vote.
If you're paying a mortgage on your house, 1/2 a vote.
If you own your house outright, your vote counts as one.
If you own a second house, you get 2 votes.
If you own a company that owns multiple homes, you get a vote for each single family residence and 1 vote for every 2 single family residents in an apartment complex.
Etc.
If we're going retarded, let's go full retard.
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:16 pm to GentleJackJones
Yes
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:16 pm to GreenRockTiger
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For the most part taxes are already there - so you aren’t deciding anything
Of course you are. What an idiotic notion
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Usually you are deciding a renewal or an increase, in which I think only property owners should vote on this
Again, if only property voters can vote, there is inventive to create inequitable taxing policy. And just because one doesn't own property doesn't mean they don't have the ability to own peppery therefore they should hava say in taxation. Of course you directly disagree on one of the huge founding principles of this country, taxation without representation.
The fact that some of you are seriously advocating for something as absurd as this is just another example of why our country is so fricked
Posted on 8/2/22 at 12:17 pm to GentleJackJones
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Should being allowed to vote on property tax issues be contingent on property ownership?
Of course.
No representation without taxation should be the flip side to no taxation without representation.
Otherwise you get what you have now with >50% of the American population paying zero income taxes and getting to vote for people that determine the tax rates of those that do pay.
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