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>Because you're good for it, it's convenient to assess and collect, and the property itself isn't going anywhere. OK but what does that have to do with paying

• anigbrowl 9y ago
  The American Dream is basically get born, go to school, go to work and work hard, get a car, get your own home, and settle down with someone you like and drop a couple of kids. taxing property balances out these costs and benefits in a very approximate indirect way without much accounting. For me it's not very important that there should be accurate accounting of such things. I just don't lose much sleep over tax money going to education because it keeps a virtuous cycle going. I didn't even grow up in the USA, but what my home country lost in direct tax revenue may be made up over the long run by increased international trade. I really don't see any point in trying to exhaustively account for public goods at the individual level, which only results in more bureaucracy and promotes a penny-pinching mentality that is inimical to the undertaking of increasing public goods and economic development.
  • jimmyk 9y ago
    >I really don't see any point in trying to exhaustively account for public goods at the individual level I certainly agree that funding for public education cannot be considered a repayment for some personal debt, which is why I objected to the comment I first replied to.
• fjdlwlv 9y ago
  Think of it like this: your public education was provided not for a fee, but for an equity stake in You, Incorporated.b the more you earn, the more the state gets back, like an investor.
  • jimmyk 9y ago
    But many people have no public education, and they don't get a break on their property taxes.