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I hope you enjoy roads leading up to your house, and schooling for your children because that's what your land tax is paying for. This is more like "protection

• dillonmckay 6y ago
  So, if I stop paying my landtax, they take away the roads and schools, or take away my home?
  • huffmsa 6y ago
    3) they take away you.
    • kls 6y ago
      Not for land taxes at least not in the US, if you do not pay your land taxes, the bill goes up for auction, someone pays it and you owe that person interest and principle. If you do not pay it for a certain amount of years, they can call for an auction of the asset and they are the first guarantee of settlement for their principle and interest. Then mortgage, then mechanics lien, etc. etc.
      • kgermino 6y ago
        That definitely varies. In my area the city just takes your house, evicts you, and auctions the property.
        • kls 6y ago
          Yes in some municipalities, they do not create a security out of the debt, but I believe the majority of municipalities do.
• ethanwillis 6y ago
  Well to be fair that's not the only thing land tax is paying for and it's in dispute whether the allocation is "correct." And people would still like roads and schooling for their children whether the government provides it or not. It's interesting how even under our current system people still build these things privately.
• bb123 6y ago
  I'm in the UK, which doesn't have land taxes. Stamp duty is one time payment.
  • daveoc64 6y ago
    So you pay Council Tax then, which is pretty much the equivalent.