Sounds like how things are now. Imagine that no matter right you play the game you can never own you home outright. You are obligated to pay property tax for rest of life, and should you miss a few payments, despite paying the entire home off, the government can confiscate your home and kick you out.
It would be an interesting thing to see some local government candidate run with the sole platform of zeroing all local taxes and firing every single staffer, themselves included. If it could happen locally, then at city levels and then state levels, you could have that accountability finally.
What valuable service is the government doing for your property that justifies this tax every year? Are you getting good value for these dollars being spent? Can anyone honestly say 'yes' to a question like this, anywhere in the world?
Sounds like how things are now. Imagine that no matter right you play the game you can never own you home outright. You are obligated to pay property tax for rest of life, and should you miss a few payments, despite paying the entire home off, the government can confiscate your home and kick you out.
It would be an interesting thing to see some local government candidate run with the sole platform of zeroing all local taxes and firing every single staffer, themselves included. If it could happen locally, then at city levels and then state levels, you could have that accountability finally.
What valuable service is the government doing for your property that justifies this tax every year? Are you getting good value for these dollars being spent? Can anyone honestly say 'yes' to a question like this, anywhere in the world?