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‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’
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But those things do not scale with the (alleged) value oft the property, but with things like property size, number oft occupants, curb length etc. Or could even be billed at actual cost (your garbage example).
yet even if your family doesn't use these services you benefit from safe roads, educated workers, green spaces for all to have access, and public sanitation - you LITERALLY BENEFIT FROM EVERYTHING but don't want to pay.
Why do millionaires pay more taxes than minimum-wage workers?
Whatever answer you come up to my question can probably answer yours.
But your taxes don't scale with the alleged value of the property either. There are caps and protections in place. That's why they were only paying $15k previously. And they didn't just repair their old house, they put an entire second story on it. Hence the reason they triggered the "major improvements" clause.