re: Mississippi just eliminated state income taxes.

Everyone likes those things but only if they are getting quality for what they pay.

We don't see much quality so that is a big part of the push back

We all hate paying for shitty service.

You know you can do all those things without making the population serfs right? You rent property from the state. Don’t pay the rent, they auction your property to someone who will pay the rent. It’s serfdom.

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You know you can do all those things without making the population serfs right?

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Let's hear your ideas, serf. How can you provide those services without some form of taxation? It's either property taxes, or local income taxes, or you have about a 40% sales tax. Either way, it's taxation to provide the services you enjoy having. The biggest hitters on my list is public schools, maintenance and construction of roads and bridges, and police, fire, and sheriff protection. Those are the largest budget items in the county I'm elected in. I didn't like property taxes either, until I got elected and realized the state of Mississippi could decide on a whim to take money that had been allocated to us the previous year and give it to whatever other project they wanted to give it to. Or whatever project a lobbyist paid them to give it to. It sucks, but in Baton Rouge, Montgomery, and Jackson, thats the way it works. With local property taxes, your local leaders (assuming your populace is smart enough to elect competent local leaders) are guaranteed to have the funds needed to maintain your local roads and bridges, and provide police, fire, and sheriff protection to your fellow citizens

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FriedEggBowL

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Muh Local Schools! Muh Roads and Bridges!

"If you don’t pay property taxes, how are we supposed to produce illiterate kids and the worst roads in the country!"

Great points, bootlicker.

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unfortunately for now, it's still Mississippi.

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I’m shocked that southwest Mississippi doesn’t have more industry and commerce. First of all the area is beautiful and there’s plenty of vacant land. Its proximity to the river, I-55, and the rail yard make it a viable place for business. Mississippi is a good state with good people and an excellent job training community college program.

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Who's the bootlicker?

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Still you.

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DisplacedBuckeye

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You're proving my point. But keep going

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There are tons of other ways to fund those things,

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I'm all ears. But you can't say "the state should give it to you to provide those services", because a locality has to have guaranteed revenue and not be subject to some lobbyist paying a state legislator to funnel money away from that county, leaving that locality with nothing to provide services and maintenance of roads and bridges. Besides, where do you think "the state" is going to get the money. It will be the same amount of money needed. It's just a shell game. Wouldn't you rather be able to hold your local leaders accountable for spending your local tax dollars the right way. As opposed to some beurocrat or state legislator that can leave your locality unfunded and still get re-elected because he doesn't need the votes in your area for re-election.

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Why can’t Louisiana do this?

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Bloated bureaucracy and lobbyists

Not sure why you got so many downvoted. He has improved the schools drastically, brought in a lot of industry and now literally putting money back in the pockets of working Mississippi residents