Should property taxes be abolished?

[Derek]

Yes I am in favor of abolishing all taxes and funding the government with user fees and a 23% VAT which isn't popular and shouldn't be until our incomes are no longer taxed.

[Derek]

I'm sure our schools will just build themselves.

user fees and VAT, I do think we need to build more schools

[Derek]

Pay mine then.

[Derek]

Pay mine then.

No, move out of your town.

My point was that the first ppl to want to raise or keep taxes are those who do not pay taxes to begin with. Did you know that almost 50% of Americans paid no income tax last year? I think we should all pay the same through a VAT of 23% on goods other than food and clothes.

[Derek]

They should be made progressive depending on house value, but lowered on rental properties below a certain market-rent level.  In other words we should use high property taxes on homes, especially higher end homes, to subsidize a tax subsidy for low-rent housing.

For example, the tax on a high end home - say $250K or more, should be doubled, but the tax on an apartment complex with $500/month apartments, or a trailer park, should be halved.

$250,000 or more? Ok Obama

[Derek]

The federal income tax and property tax should be abolished. The new text books in Texas are going to talk about how property rights are being abused by the government now. Also, our children need to learn more than just what the school board wants to teach.

[Derek]

Yes the physiocrats were very philosophical and I don't differ from them on much.

[Derek]

Yes the physiocrats were very philosophical and I don't differ from them on much.

The Pysiocrats were right 50% of the time when it comes to economics, and were also 50% wrong when it comes to economics as well.

In which ways do you agree or differ from them?