Comment by nkmnz
12 hours ago
You're making a valid point, but not in favor of taxing owner-occupied homes, but in favor of treating collateralized homes as commercial property. I'd be okay with that as long as the basis for taxation is the volume of the mortgage.
Or just making property tax a requirement of leaving your property or accessing any government services and infrastructure
Yeah that’s the Stalinist way of thinking. No, thanks.
Opposed to what? People should be able to take and consume whatever they want without paying for it? That's just free loading.
Why should you be able to drive on roads that I paid for without spending a cent? You want to sleep in my bed and eat out of my fridge too?
If someone wants to stay home and be a subsistence farmer then fine.
If they want to start using and consuming public resources, why shouldn't they pay their fair share?