North Dakota voters this fall could end the property tax by approving a ballot measure that opponents say would drastically slash a variety of state services.
There are some pros and obvious cons here. Property taxes are usually regressive (unless they had property tax brackets, which I’ve never heard of) so this could benefit lower incomes. They can also replace the property tax with something worse, like fixed fees, or not replace it at all. Property tax reform, rather than elimination, might’ve been better.
That’s not inherently true in rural states where the property value math is a lot different. In remote areas, land can only be a few thousand dollars of purchase value, or be passed by family, thus still frequently be inhabited by the dirt poor who have few employment opportunities in said rural areas. I should know, I’m smack dab in the middle of one of said areas.
There are some pros and obvious cons here. Property taxes are usually regressive (unless they had property tax brackets, which I’ve never heard of) so this could benefit lower incomes. They can also replace the property tax with something worse, like fixed fees, or not replace it at all. Property tax reform, rather than elimination, might’ve been better.
This doesn’t benefit low income, low income can’t afford to own property.
That’s not inherently true in rural states where the property value math is a lot different. In remote areas, land can only be a few thousand dollars of purchase value, or be passed by family, thus still frequently be inhabited by the dirt poor who have few employment opportunities in said rural areas. I should know, I’m smack dab in the middle of one of said areas.