Move over Prop 13, Arizona legislator has an even dumber idea

[fskimospy]

Well that is extreme, however property taxes need to be reined in.
I do not have a mortgage... haven't for decades.

Just paid the property taxes on my home.
My taxes exceed every other necessary expense I have combined.

Every homeowner pays for energy, be it power, gas, oil, or combination of these​

Every homeowner pays for insurance on the home.​

Most pay for water and sewer, otherwise there is the expense of maintain a well or septic system​

Every homeowner needs communication, a phone line or cell phone as a minimum.​

My water, sewage, garbage, power, oil (oil furnace), insurance, phone, etc., combined are less than the property tax on my home.

What would be an appropriate level? What taxes should be raised to compensate?

 

[brycejones]

Well that is extreme, however property taxes need to be reined in.
I do not have a mortgage... haven't for decades.

Just paid the property taxes on my home.
My taxes exceed every other necessary expense I have combined.

Every homeowner pays for energy, be it power, gas, oil, or combination of these​

Every homeowner pays for insurance on the home.​

Most pay for water and sewer, otherwise there is the expense of maintain a well or septic system​

Every homeowner needs communication, a phone line or cell phone as a minimum.​

My water, sewage, garbage, power, oil (oil furnace), insurance, phone, etc., combined are less than the property tax on my home.

Sounds like you live someplace in the north east?

 

[MtnMan]

Sounds like you live someplace in the north east?

No, in the NE, it would be 2 - 3 times all other expenses. This is in the south.

 

[Brainonska511]

Property taxes would be lower if we didn't engage in such wasteful sprawl. Cost per capita is higher in the suburbs for services, and all those roads connecting the sprawl don't repave themselves.

 

[hal2kilo]

Again, though, it's the wrong way to do it. I get that people don't like to have to downsize, moving is stressful, and older people might not want to move from where they've lived all their lives. For that reason I don't favour bringing in punitive incentives to get people to move (like the "bedroom tax" the Tories introduced here for council tenants). But just continuing to levy property taxes at the same level they've always been seems perfectly justifiable to me. Just leave such taxes at the same level, neither raise or lower them just because people have gotten older.

Just defer them. Get it from the lien on the property.