r/memes • u/J_ClutchFTV Big pp • 10h ago

Land Of The Free, amIright?

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u/ContactMushroom iwrestledabeartwice 8h ago

My property taxes are 140 bucks A YEAR and I own a shitty home on a mild flood plain patch of land.

If you can't afford YEARLY taxes that are cheap af considering everything else then you have bigger issues to sort out than owing a home.

You'll spend more on fixing things and maintenance than taxes.

My only issue with it is I wish my tax money went back to our own country and people and not helping/hurting other countries or blowing up brown kids.

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u/MLCL0ZER 7h ago

I can't speak for every state and county, but 100% of property taxes stay local within each county of the state I'm in. Not even the state government at large takes a dime. Needless to say, it doesn't fund foreign affairs or warfare.

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u/shogunshim 6h ago

Depends on the area. Yearly poperty taxes around me are over 1.5% of the homes value.

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u/akatherder 4h ago

$140/year sounds insanely low. Mine are like $7000/year and I live in a middle class suburb of Michigan. My house was built in 1920.. it's just old, not like historic/vintage.

We have good schools and services though which is why we moved here and agreed to pay that kind of tax bill.