property taxes (cont'd)

Another good essay...this one by Tracy Porter.

And a helpful breakdown of how property taxes are spent.

The flip side of the government expenditure coin is always taxes and debt (and inflation at the federal level). If a government spends money, it must raise that money by taking it from you or borrowing it from someone and taking it from you later (or printing more money and devaluating/taxing the existing currency).

If you don't like your governments' taxes (at whatever level of govt), you need to push harder on their spending!