[eldritch_4ier]

It isn't all or nothing. Imagine the government we could have if we all paid 90% in taxes - except I don't want that. I don't even want the kind of government that needs a budget of 40% of my income.

If you live in a rural area, the government needs a budget to repair infra and run a few programs, it doesn't need the budget of NYC. Likewise, a government that lacks a sales tax mechanism doesn't "need to get the money elsewhere", it can simply go without and adjust it's services accordingly.

[anon291]

Well my county raised it's property taxes and now can't spend the money so is offering opt in discounts to those in the know (i.e. the well connected). Completely perverse misappropriation of funds