North Dakota voters will decide this fall whether to eliminate property taxes in what would be a first for a state and a major change that officials initially estimate would require more than $1 billion every year in replacement revenue.

Secretary of State Michael Howe’s office said Friday that backers submitted more than enough signatures to qualify the constitutional initiative for the November general election. Voters rejected a similar measure in 2012.

Property taxes are the base funding for numerous local government services, including sewers, water, roads, jails, deputies, school building construction and teacher salaries — “pretty much the most basic of government,” said North Dakota Association of Counties Executive Director Aaron Birst.

  • @[email protected]
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    675 months ago

    “What do you mean we have no police,fire,schools,water,roads? What happened?”-- dumbasses who ended property tax at the urging of the wealthy

    • @clearedtoland
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      225 months ago

      Oh this is curious! Cause the solution would be for those services to be privatized. I wonder how many would pay for those services.

      “No, Jimmy. You don’t need to go to skool. Now go change bale the hay.”

      • @[email protected]
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        135 months ago

        Sure thing daddy-brother!!

        gets mangled in the baler because he’s an idiot then dies because they closed down the firestation and first responders

      • @jumjummy
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        85 months ago

        What do you mean putting out the fire in my house costs me $25k?

    • @UnderpantsWeevil
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      65 months ago

      What do you mean we have no police,fire,schools,water,roads?

      Somehow there’s always money in the banana stand for more cops.