> It doesn't seem like a good idea to base city revenue on something that is so undependable, especially something that is so often treated as a speculative inv

> It doesn't seem like a good idea to base city revenue on something that is so undependable, especially something that is so often treated as a speculative investment. Isn't property tax a pretty reliable source of income?? I thought the income tax was an unreliable source of income because people can't always be relied on to generate income... but they do tend to pay their property tax.