Property tax, most taxes, pay for services we take for granted. No taxes, no nothing.
Is there tax gouging? Absolutely. No doubt.
Raising taxes usually means the state/county intends to spend more than their current intake, or spent themselves into a hole, like IL. That state is well beyond political corruption, everything is corrupt.
In the 90s, in IN, downstate where the capitol is, they tripled taxes in NW IN (purple) but didn’t touch anywhere else (red). A lot of elders lost their homes. They took that money down state for their pretty roads, didn’t spend dime in NWI. All the roads and bridges went to crap, until bridges started falling, then they spent here. They took money from the sale of a toll road (I-90) in NWI, spent all that billions down state.
Taxes are a must, who decides is what matters. Ppl down state here keep voting them in while they eat dirt. IL = corrupt, IN = stupid thieves.
If you!re a snowbird and you don’t want your roads plowed, end taxes.
This subject cannot be not political. Just sayin. Taxes = politics, politics = taxes.