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It only feels weird because there is a concerted effort to make you feel that way. It is absolutely identical to property taxes on homes, but that doesn't make

It only feels weird because there is a concerted effort to make you feel that way. It is absolutely identical to property taxes on homes, but that doesn't make people feel icky in the same manner.

kurisufag 4y ago
> but that doesn't make people feel icky in the same manner. speak for yourself! a property tax makes sense in theory: you're contributing to the entity that ensures your land is safe in the first place, but basing it on valuations instead of something like flat rates based on sqft is preposterous. I'd go so far as to say that the degree to which the knowledge of such a tax affects your decisions relating to the property is enough to constitute a violation of natural property rights.
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- pmontra 4y ago
  It's not as if I stole the money I bought my house with, the house I'm living in now. I paid taxes on them and keep paying taxes on the money I'm earning now. I really don't see why I have to pay a tax on something I already paid for. Taxes on taxes...
- midasuni 4y ago
  There are no “natural property rights”, there’s what the person with the bigger stick can enforce. But let’s take your premise. The more valuable the land, the more an entity will spend to procure it (bigger army etc), and the more you thus have to spend to defend it, thus the more it costs.
Fargoan 4y ago
Property tax is bullshit
- jspaetzel 4y ago
  Go start your own town to live in then and don't charge anyone property taxes
  - Fargoan 4y ago
    Sounds good to me. Service fees would be a better alternative
Aeolun 4y ago
> It is absolutely identical to property taxes on homes Not quite. I can see what I’m getting back from the city for the property taxes on my home (or on my office). It’s less clear to me what the city or government contributes to my company. I’m more inclined to say that its existence is a public service.

It only feels weird because there is a concerted effort to make you feel that way. It is absolutely identical to property taxes on homes, but that doesn't make people feel icky in the same manner.

kurisufag 4y ago

> but that doesn't make people feel icky in the same manner. speak for yourself! a property tax makes sense in theory: you're contributing to the entity that ensures your land is safe in the first place, but basing it on valuations instead of something like flat rates based on sqft is preposterous. I'd go so far as to say that the degree to which the knowledge of such a tax affects your decisions relating to the property is enough to constitute a violation of natural property rights.

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pmontra 4y ago
It's not as if I stole the money I bought my house with, the house I'm living in now. I paid taxes on them and keep paying taxes on the money I'm earning now. I really don't see why I have to pay a tax on something I already paid for. Taxes on taxes...
midasuni 4y ago
There are no “natural property rights”, there’s what the person with the bigger stick can enforce. But let’s take your premise. The more valuable the land, the more an entity will spend to procure it (bigger army etc), and the more you thus have to spend to defend it, thus the more it costs.

Fargoan 4y ago

Property tax is bullshit

jspaetzel 4y ago
Go start your own town to live in then and don't charge anyone property taxes
- Fargoan 4y ago
  Sounds good to me. Service fees would be a better alternative

Aeolun 4y ago

> It is absolutely identical to property taxes on homes Not quite. I can see what I’m getting back from the city for the property taxes on my home (or on my office). It’s less clear to me what the city or government contributes to my company. I’m more inclined to say that its existence is a public service.