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re: Where is Trump/Doge on property taxes?

Posted on 2/19/25 at 6:24 am to
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
36081 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 6:24 am to
In case of fire don't call the Fire Dept....use the garden hose.
Posted by Kjnstkmn
Vermilion Parish
Member since Aug 2020
19775 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 6:56 am to
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7607 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 7:07 am to
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I own my furniture in my house and don't have to continue to pay the Government to use said furniture.


Don’t give them any ideas.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7607 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 7:09 am to
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You still have to fund schools, police, courts, prisons, firefighters, roads, infrastructure, parks, and everything else not paid for by the feds.


Some of that we disagree on. I live in a town of less than $4,000 and we have a $3 million a year police dept. where the chief just runs a “look at me” Facebook page. It’s unnecessary.
Posted by Statestreet
Gueydan
Member since Sep 2008
13890 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 7:14 am to
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I own my furniture in my house and don't have to continue to pay the Government to use said furniture.


If you own a business and have furniture, you have to continue to pay taxes on this... its total bullshite
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
24170 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 7:32 am to
I'm for charging the so called "non-profit" medical facilities property taxes. That would prevent entities like the very profitable "non-profit" St Francis Medical System in Monroe from doing things like buying the property tax paying North Monroe Hospital and simply closing it down to prevent competition. And then not having to pay property taxes on it.
Posted by FriedEggBowL
MS
Member since Nov 2021
1477 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 7:32 am to
Do you like riding on roads, bridges, streets? Want a sewer system so that your shite doesn't run down the street? like having an ambulance service? (they all are either owned by or heavily subsidized by local govt). Want public schools? Want a fire dept? Want recreation areas? Like your garbage picked up? Want the roads cleared after a storm? Want your land deeds recorded so that some yahoo can't come claim your land as their own? Want criminals held accountable in court? Want to be able to sue someone to recover damages? Want a sheriff or police force to protect you and jail criminals? Want an emergency management and 911 system so that you can be rescued in a crisis? Want a veterans affairs service? To help veterans get services that they don't know exists or how to get. I could go on. But you get the idea of what your property taxes go to pay. The real question is are your local officials spending your property tax money wisely. Or are they wasting it. I'm a Republican elected official in MS.
This post was edited on 2/19/25 at 7:56 am
Posted by SmoothBox
Member since May 2023
2509 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 7:33 am to
Property taxes are a state tax you Neanderthal
Posted by FriedEggBowL
MS
Member since Nov 2021
1477 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 7:37 am to
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Property taxes are a state tax you Neanderthal


Who's the Neanderthal? They're not state taxes. They're local taxes.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25241 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 8:14 am to
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Let the apartment dwellers help fund schools.
Apartment complexes and landlords pay property taxes and pass the cost along in the price they charge for rent. Tenants pay property taxes, indirectly (unless they’re on section 8 where the government is paying the rent).

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Visitors. Let the city encourage tourism and business to drive revenue.
Only works in areas that are tourist destinations.

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I’d much rather be taxed on my usage vs some arbitrary number.
Agreed. I’d rather abolish income taxes and replace it with consumption / sales tax. No more avoiding taxes because you get paid cash under the table or under-report cash wages and tips.
Posted by TigerBaitOohHaHa
Member since Jan 2023
1782 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 8:26 am to
unfortunately they have no standing in the property tax arena other than to eliminate the cap on SALT so we aren't being double taxed on the same money. IIRC Trump was the one that capped the amount you could write off in the first place.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
26372 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 10:05 am to
We are not advocating for simply eliminating property tax without mitigation in some form.

What I am advocating is the outlaw of not being able to own property. Property tax is rent paying rent to the government. And we assert that it is the worst form of tax.

At any time as has already happened in this country. People have bought a home, payed off their home, so most or elderly since most people take decades top pay off their mortgage. But some how are being forced to sale their homes because Florida raised their property tax so high the couldn't afford to pay it.

I prefer to live in a country were the govt can't take you property when you don't want to sale.

Remember the outrage many years ago when a property owner didn't want to sale their property so that a commercial property could be constructed there which would generate more taxes. Yes this was also in Florida and they took that persons property by force of eminent domain. This would not have happened had it not be for the state wanting more revenue. Side note it was a terrible misuse of the eminent domain law.

So this has nothing todo with anyone wanting lower taxes. That is an different issue that isn't the crux of this issue. It is about the ability to own property or not.
Posted by FATBOY TIGER
Valhalla
Member since Jan 2016
12912 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 10:13 am to
Ask Oklahoma.
Posted by PeleofAnalytics
Member since Jun 2021
4940 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 10:38 am to
I get the revolt against taxes but there needs to be some funding of the government as far as i can tell. Once we get cuts, the gov't is still going to need some way to fund it what is left? Nobody is going to cut gov't spending down to zero. Even if you transition it all to a VAT, people are going to then start complaining about paying too much in VAT. Nobody likes to pay any type of tax. Maybe we see if the spending cuts can get us down more acceptable and lower income tax rate. If the gov't is more efficient and I pay half the income taxes I pay now, I would be thrilled.
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
30546 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 10:39 am to
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Elon/DOGE or maybe Trump


While I don't like property taxes this is a State/Local issue and nothing that FedGov needs to get involved in...
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
22973 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 10:40 am to
Talk to your governor. There are state politicians and federal politician.
Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
6175 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 10:42 am to
For like the 100th time - DOGE is essentially an auditor, they have no law making/taxing authority. The investigate and report.
Posted by SmoothBox
Member since May 2023
2509 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 1:42 pm to
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They're not state taxes. They're local taxes.


Must’ve missed the memo, where I live in Minnesota I sure do pay the state.
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
8360 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 2:50 pm to
Dear Uncle Sam, please get involved the state/local issues I want. But don't get involved in the ones I don't want.

SMDH
Posted by Loserman
Member since Sep 2007
23057 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 2:56 pm to
Wasn’t aware of federal property tax
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