So you were house rich but they never reassessed meaning last year you paid 15k on a 3.9m home nicw
Yearly property taxes never made sense to me. So you supposedly bought and own something, except if you don't pay the government then they can just take it away.
Taxes are the price of civilization. You pay taxes on your land, because if you don't, a gang of armed thugs will come and steal it from you and bury you under it.
I see your point for general taxes, but if the federal and state government are already taking your income and many other things how come they're also taking so much in property tax? Many other countries seem to be able to protect you and give you what you need without property tax.
Most people are echoing exactly what I would normally say so I'm going to say something that I don't see so often, if it was me in that situation I would also be pissed, not because the evaluation made it too expensive but because the tax that would be given would just be sent over to the military and none of it would be of help to me, my kids, my neighbours and my allies
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