Several states seek end to property taxes: Shouldn't have to 'rent from the government'

[Michie]

Levies on migrants' wires to foreign countries could help fill the gap, one lawmaker said​

As Tax Day nears, fiscally conservative leaders in several states are pushing to abolish property taxes, with one Pennsylvania lawmaker arguing that homeowners shouldn’t have to "pay rent" to the government.

That lawmaker, state Rep. Russ Diamond, R-Lebanon, spoke to Fox News Digital on Thursday ahead of his latest effort to end the collection of such taxes in the Keystone State.

Diamond will put forward a resolution — titled HB 900 — which Fox News Digital learned exclusively will be filed imminently. The document is a draft constitutional amendment he hopes will go to the voters on Election Day, and not a typical piece of legislation requiring gubernatorial approval.

Pennsylvania Republicans previously utilized the constitutional amendment process to accelerate the rollback of COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by then-Gov. Tom Wolf and then-health secretary Rachel Levine — by placing the amendment directly before voters on Election Day.

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Several states seek end to property taxes: Shouldn't have to 'rent from the government'

Lawmakers from Pennsylvania to Indiana and beyond are all seeking to eliminate property taxes, which some call the government's way of charging rent.

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[Merrill]

I am in Illinois, and many people here pay more in property taxes than their annual mortgage payment

I pay 10k a year in property taxes on a home I bought for 300k 14 years ago

corruption is expensive

 

[Vambram]

Absolutely, I agree that property taxes ought to go away. Although my wife and I don't pay large amounts on property taxes, I want them to go away for families, individuals and businesses.