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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you squints claiming land goes to school? Drinks water? Needs to see in the dark? Is worried about getting sick?

Because OP wasn'ts complaining about taxes in general, they were specifically complaining about real estate taxes.

[–] starman2112 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Individuals owning large swaths of land and not doing anything with it is bad for both the economy and for social welfare. No one person needs to own hundreds of acres in the middle of a city. Property taxes prevent that from happening. Imo it should have a minimum amount of area before it gets taxed, to make life easier for small homeowners, but the rich dude who buys the lots next to his house so he doesn't have to live near neighbors? I'm fine with him having to pay extra for that.