Like Alice’s White Queen and Florida’s Great DeSanitizer I am prepared to believe six impossible things before breakfast.
Because, I am nothing if not open minded.
Which is to say that Ron and the anti-Ron have at least that much in common.
So, yeah, I am prepared to believe that property taxes, which basically pay for almost every local public service in Florida – from schools to police and fire protection to street maintenance and so on – is a regressive tax.
Not as regressive as, say, the sales tax – which pretty much pays for every state-level public service – but regressive nonetheless.
So, like the anti-Ron, this Ron says what the hell! Let’s put an abolish the property tax amendment on the next ballot.
Because even if it passes, and it will, police and fire departments will be fine. Potholes will still get filled. The jails will still warehouse our homeless. Schools will still educate our kids. And the parks will still be open.
There. I just believed six impossible things.
Now what’s for breakfast?
“Just for being on your property, you’ve got to write a check to the government every year, so you’re basically paying rent to the government to live on your own property,” says TGDS. “We’re going to be really looking at ways to bring people relief from that, because I think it’s been really something that’s pinching a lot of homeowners, particularly seniors on fixed income.”
Honestly, I’m on board Guv.
Being a senior. And a property owner.
Still, there’s that $40 billion question.
Which is how much property taxes raise each year to support basic city and county and school district services in Florida.
I suppose that if property taxes go away we can just let the locals raise sales taxes to make up the differences.
Oh, wait one.
“I’m pretty sure the Legislature would not raise the sales tax and I’m quite certain I’d veto any increase,” our anti-Ron added.
Not a problem. Because Florida’s own Snidley Whiplash is already working on his own version of DOGE.
So no doubt, some billionaire is gonna start firing all the unnecessary employees that live on bloated city, county and school district budgets.
Problem solved.
In Florida we’d call the White Queen an amateur.
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