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funds necessary to operate local government. But state-level politicians shy away from that topic because they correctly perceive it to be laden with difficult controversy; instead, they pretend fhey can eliminate increasingly draconian property tax bills by heroic action at the state capitol without leaving local governments in an impossible situation.
As they currently exist, property taxes — particularly real estate taxes — are patently inequitable. They are inequitable because property taxes are wealth taxes, but we fail to tax many forms of wealth.
Why am I required to pay annual
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