Can someone please explain to me property tax? Why should I pay the government for shit that I own...

Can someone please explain to me property tax? Why should I pay the government for shit that I own? I can understand property tax for a factory or a business but our homes? I'm essentially paying rent to keep my own shit.

The whole point of property tax is for funding services such as fire protection and garbage pickup. Where I live, garbage pick-upis are 100% privatized and I have to pay for it separately. If I'm not mistaken, my income taxes pay for all the other shit like police and firefighters. So WTF am I paying for?

Is the whole thing a scam by the government to get more of our hard earned cash?

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>Is the whole thing a scam by the government to get more of our hard earned cash?

What was the point in starting this thread if you were just going to answer your own question?

>Is the whole thing a scam by the government to get more of our hard earned cash?
It doesn't matter what "whole thing" you're referring to. The answer to this question is always yes.

In the US the continued deficit spending, passing unfunded mandates and habit of dipping into previously off limit funds for pet projects, has destroyed any faith I once had in government taxation.

The property tax weakens any attempt to create a nobleman class.

Stupid fag, there is no federal property tax.

Need the white man to pay for school for niggers and anchor babies to drop out of.

No, it is total bullshit.
It is government screwing you over for their own interest.

Seems you need to go talk to this guy

Originally it was so wealthy didn't just hoard land because land is one of the most valuable assets.

But most governments need it because they can't be bothered to spend money efficiently.

>paying taxes

Become a crypto wizard.

It goes to the city/municipality for things like schools, public safety, fire, police, roads. You know, stuff people use when they go outside their houses...

A big chunk is schools.

then what are normal taxes for

Could you not read? I talked about that up top. Shit like public services is funded by normal taxes.

Moreso, lets for when minute consider what you said to be correct, why should I be forced to pay for that shit and people who rent don't? they're using those services too.

Government is good, on balance.

You benefit more as a property owner.

>land of the free

topkek ameritards looks like you got jew'd again

Cant talk for the US, but here you pay a local council tax that pay for most of those services, with 'some' money coming down at the state level for reasons....

But aside from the local tax, national taxes are more likely to go to lining someone else's pocket that help the people it came from, its why governments have to keep borrowing more and more money..

You never really own land you just rent it from the state.When you sell the land the state title company takes their cut. The rental starts all over again with a new tennant.

Property taxes are some of the only taxes that almost universally make sense. It's very hard for many people to own property in a traditional sense because how can it be protected at all times or in all instances? When you leave your house on vacation it still needs to be protected. The government fulfills the role of protecting these property rights and using them to fund courts, police, etc. to enforce property rights which our society and economy are built on.

Doesn't matter if I benefit more, we all use it and we already pay for it through normal taxes.

Another reason it's dumb. If you don't have kids you still have to pay for some other idiots shit head kids "education."

Defuq are you talking about faggot? There's not one country in the world that doesn't have a property tax.

It is setup so people keep working for longer instead of retiring earlier and pay income tax.

Oh ya sorry. Check this out as an example:

transparentnevada.com/salaries/henderson/

That's right, you have to pay for things that society values, such as education. Get used to it.

That's what normal taxes are for.

Except that when they overspend, they send out the assessors to jack up the value of everyone's home. Oh, look, we found the money to cover our budget! Your theory works if the government is doing their job ethically.

You most assuredly to do not pay enough. Governments are chronically underfunded.

Property/Land Value Taxes should be the primary/predominant or only taxes.
Income and Sales taxes are really dumb, the only other taxes that make sense are specific consumption taxes like on gasoline, since people who use the service like roads are paying for their upkeep, cigarettes since they are paying for increased healthcare infrastructure costs, etc.

If you don't have kids, you shouldn't pay for it. People who don't own property should also pay for it.

That said, WE ALREADY FUCKING PAY FOR IT WITH INCOME TAX.

They aren't underfunded, they're just inefficient as all fuck. Crazy salaries and overspending on useless shit.

>Normal taxes
So what, would you rather just have no property tax and an increased income tax?
The point of property tax is still to pay for public services, they just don't get enough money out of income tax alone, and don't want to increase income tax because that would reduce the buying power of the population.

Russia doesn't have property tax. Kys for Israel cuck.

No you don't you fucking sperg, income tax is too low to pay for all of the public services alone

As I stated to another user, the government has the money, they just spend it wrong.

Regardless, why should I pay extra as someone how own property while people who don't get off paying income tax only?

The system requires constant upkeep.

> Fags ITT don't know about Georgism or a Single Land Tax
I'm about to redpill you fucking hard.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax

Well good for Russia, but the assumption that it's an American only thing is BS.

yes

THE ART FUND ISNT FULLY FUNDED TAX THE BONUSES NAUUUUUU

On a side note, the word
"Mortgage" in Latin is 'Mort - Gage'
meaning 'Death - Grip'

Because a) people who actually own land tend to be richer than people who don't, and therefore can spare more money (as a general rule, though not in all cases) and because b) those people who rent still pay property tax, they just pay it to their landlord through rent, and the landlord pays it to the government

The borrower is slave to the lender. Remember to never buy shit on a credit card instead of saving like some impatient nig.

To price niggers out of the good suburbs. You aren't a nigger are you OP?

THE LANDLORD THEYRE RENTING FROM PAYS THE PROPERTY TAX AND HE FACTORS THAT INTO THEIR RENT RATE

Social security

Why is the garage blocked????

>Property/Land (ie. Capital) taxes should be increased.
> Income (ie. Workforce) taxes should be lowered.

Take good care my american friend, you're saying some good commie shit there. A neighbour might send FBI for you. Better immigrate to Europe as soon as you can.

Nice trips, but I'm an Authoritarian Nationalist Socialist/Syndicalist Georgist anyway, I don't give a shit.

it's to make sure that property is utilized and not just gobbled up and held on to by land speculators who will just sit on it and hope it appreciates.

I think most eastern european and most developed asian countries don't pay property taxes either. The point is americans pay same amount of taxes or even more than europeans do but get shittier benefits in return.

>The whole point of property tax is for funding services such as fire protection and garbage pickup.
No, it's a method of progressive taxation that doesn't scale with income.

>Why should I pay the government for shit that I own?
Because they will take your shit, beat up up and kidnap you if you don't.

America has lower taxes than most European countries, and it doesn't help that we spend $500 billion on our military that could be spent elsewhere while also having more numerous low-quality demographic populations relative to Europe which require more spending directed to them which doesn't increase the general welfare that much.

>normal taxes should fun schools
>THIS IS THEFT

Have fun when chink billionares buy the shit out of your citys real estate. They drive the guys who pay taxes out

Fucking retards

Stop parasites from buying up everything

It also stops normal people from being able to utilize their hard earned money for other shit. In some cases, people buy smaller houses so they would pay less in property tax.

the only thing you don't pay taxes on is rent everything else is taxed including the garbage you recycle. not sure about the raw meat and produce but it depends on the state tax policy i guess

In America, property tax goes to pay K-12 education for your area. It's a total scam. Half of these nigs don't even graduate high school, so all that money goes down the tube. It costs $10k a year per student on average.

The United States literally doesn't have a federal property tax. My state does not have a state property tax. Multiple counties in my state have no property tax.