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The rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easily
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The county offices aren't billionaires. They tax the billionaires. They are literally the kind of institutions that billionaires fight to control or dismantle.
Also, roads funding do not come from a singular source in the USA. Some roads are county roads paid for by local offices, other roads are maintained with state funding.
You tried to say that the current system where billionaires don't pay taxes on unrealized income while ordinary homeowners do is a fair arrangement because homeowners use things they pay for in other bills and taxes.
I'd say to stop simping for the worst humans, but I think you'd evaporate if you tried.
Reply to your ninja edit:
Roads are paid for by the TAXES extracted from the non-billionaires you refuse to refer to as people because you don't consider them people.
I wouldn't say it is fair, no, but I am defending property taxes an the two aren't really comparable at all.
Let it be known I have been informing people since 2023 that Kamala Harris' campaign included an Unrealized Gains Tax over $1M which alone could have changed american society for the better.
You're defending charging property taxes on spurious grounds. Homeowners already pay for the things you claim as justification for taxing them.
I don't care what campaign promises harris made. She was a continuation of biden, and that means no promises kept.