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There are other ways to tax for that. I pay for garbage and water, both provided by the city. I pay for $133/year for fire and police as a separate tax item. I

There are other ways to tax for that. I pay for garbage and water, both provided by the city. I pay for $133/year for fire and police as a separate tax item. I pay a 1% sales tax for all non-food items to pay for roads. I also pay property tax. Itemize a tax. Don't have a property tax. I could happily do without all those things. Create a free-living zone where I could move with little tax. https://la.curbed.com/2015/3/13/9980908/slab-city-going-legit https://la.curbed.com/2015/3/13/9980908/slab-city-going-legi...

seanalltogether 8y ago
Where I live in the UK you pay a council tax as the resident of a home, instead of a property tax on the value of the property. It's an itemized tax like you describe. Do you want to know why? Because rich people owned huge swaths of land and wanted to sit on it forever without any pressure to sell. Land is a finite resource and we should absolutely make ownership of it subject to tax.