Floridas Property Tax is too High
In Todays edition of the Sun Sentinal, there is an article about how higher property taxes in Florida are hurting the Real Estate Market.
I know this is true, because it has affected many people that I know, including myself. It is probably the combination of high taxes and insurance, that makes owning a home almost unaffordable. I know that this is also affecting some business, which may lead them to move to other states, where the taxes and insurance are cheaper.
So if that happens, then we will loose even more jobs. This has got to be stopped. I recently wrote several posts about this. One of my suggestions is that Florida should take a look at how things are run in some other states that also have a booming real estate market.
I also said that I think we should have a higher sales tax rate and use this to lower the property tax rate. This will force tourists as well as illegal aliens, which do not own homes to help us to pay for our government.
Just because we are smart enough to own a home, does not mean we should be the only ones to pay higher taxes.
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Do you agree or disagree ??
July 16th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
completely agrees with increasing the sales tax and lower the property tax. I looked at what “savings” we will have since they will be “lowering” our property tax and it adds up to about $20 a month. of course in th epast few yrs they have raised it a little over $500 per month ..they think $20 out of the $500 will make the difference? haha
August 14th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Floridas Property Tax is too High, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.