The American Dream: No Property Tax In All States

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Proposal: End Property Tax for All American Citizens In All States On Government Level

• Persistent Burden: Property tax imposes an indefinite financial obligation on homeowners—even after mortgages are paid off—undermining the promise of true ownership.
• Displacement Risk: Rising assessments disproportionately impact seniors, veterans, and low-income families, often forcing them out of homes they’ve owned for decades.
• Punishes Stability: Long-term ownership is penalized rather than rewarded, discouraging generational wealth and community continuity.
• Ownership Principle: A purchased home should represent security and autonomy—not a recurring liability to the government.
• Policy Opportunity: Ending property tax for all citizens would:• Reinforce the American ideal of homeownership
• Protect vulnerable populations from involuntary relocation
• Encourage long-term investment in neighborhoods
• Reduce administrative overhead and enforcement costs

This proposal invites bipartisan support by aligning with values of fairness, fiscal responsibility, and personal liberty. It’s time to reimagine homeownership as a permanent right—not a perpetual rent to the state.

Bring back the American Dream :pink_heart:

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Yes, property taxes are extremely unfair, large land owners (farmers) pay a larger share of property taxes that renters do, it’s built into their rent and paid for by the landlord, but both enjoy the same benefits. You have a list of problems of property taxes, and benefits of getting rid of it, but what are you purposing? Besides political grift, property taxes usually fund essential services like schools, emergency response, and infrastructure. If you get rid of them, how will you fund these services?

There are also over 50 other posts on this subject you might check out.

https://forum.policiesforpeople.com/search?q=property%20taxes

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A simple re-budget will suffice. But we can’t continue in the current path

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Schools are not an “essential service”. They cost more per student than private schools, and they indoctrinate. They are a violation of the First Amendment when they do this and take money from people who disagree with their indoctrination. Schools are the bulk of most property taxes. Eliminate that, and use a luxury tax to cover the other services. Sales tax excluding food, pharmaceuticals and natural remedies, used cars (except luxury cars) and clothing. Property taxes are a violation of the Constitution, because they take property without compensation. They are destroying my savings, which have to last me the rest of my life. I may end up dying in the street. Roads are paid for with gas taxes. Infrastructure like water and sewer can be paid for by charging customers. Fire departments can be private. We used to have a private fire company. People paid an annual fee, or if they had a fire, the full cost of fighting it. When it got voted into government (we were never notified of the vote) the cost went up ten-fold. Libraries and parks should not be funded from taxes. Only police and courts should legitimately be paid for by taxes not specific to the service.

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I like the idea of not having property taxes, but you do realize local governments use it to fund services and infrastructure such as fire, police, schools, parks etc. don’t you? What would the government tax instead to make up for it? Would you be willing to pay a higher income tax or higher sales tax? Texas doesn’t have an income tax so they pay more in property taxes. Here in Belize property taxes are only $18 to $125 a year, but you can see a big difference in infrastructure. We have a lot of unpaved roads and the salaries for police and firemen are way lower than in the US. The main salary here is about $2.50 an hour.

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A million other ways/places, to get that money. Who’d notice 3 cents on a gallon of gas, 5 cents on a gallon of milk, ten dollars on a new set of tires? They’d have a tsunami of money coming in and we’d finally, rightfully and truly, be ..“property owners”. As it is now, you pay a fee for the fantasy of calling yourself a property owner, which none of us really are. Miss a tax payment and you’ll see who’s always been the owner. Property ownership is one of the things that sets us apart from, say, North Koreans. But if we pay for a right, is it a right? We are renters and I’ve had enough renting.

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Yesterday I received an email from a neighborhood news organization about real estate sales nearby. So the sales price was substantial representing increasing property values. Great. As I scrolled through the attached listing I didn’t see any mention of the property taxes or any related special assessments tied to real property. I guesstimated the annual tax bite alone was between $12,500 and $14,500.

That’s a whole lotta taxes. It’s criminal!

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Draft bill:

A BILL
To eliminate property taxes throughout the United States, to reaffirm constitutional protections against unlawful takings and excessive burdens on private property, and to promote homeowner economic freedom and equitable fiscal policy.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Property Tax Repeal and Homeowner Freedom Act of 2025.”

SECTION 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.
(a) Constitutional Foundations.
Congress finds and declares that:

Under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, “[n]o person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

The imposition of perpetual property taxes constitutes an ongoing government claim over private property ownership, undermining the constitutional guarantee of property rights and amounting to a form of involuntary servitude inconsistent with the principles of private ownership envisioned by the Founders.

The continuous requirement to pay property taxes, under penalty of forfeiture or seizure, effectively converts ownership into conditional tenancy upon the government, violating both the spirit and application of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Property taxes unjustly burden citizens by imposing non-consensual obligations based solely on ownership, rather than income or consumption, leading to unequal treatment and infringing on the right to peacefully enjoy one’s private property.

The elimination of property taxes restores the balance between individual liberty and public governance and upholds the due process and equal protection guarantees of the Constitution.

(b) Purpose.
It is the purpose of this Act to:

Abolish property taxation at all levels of government within the United States.

Provide transitional fiscal assistance to States and local governments during the adjustment period.

Establish alternative and equitable funding mechanisms that do not infringe upon constitutional property rights.

SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:

“Property tax” means any tax, fee, or levy based directly or indirectly on the assessed value of real property, land, or structural improvements thereto.

“Local government” means any county, municipality, township, school district, or political subdivision authorized to impose property taxes under State law.

“Transitional Fund” means the federal assistance mechanism established under Section 6 of this Act.

SECTION 4. PROHIBITION ON THE LEVY OF PROPERTY TAXES.
(a) General Prohibition.
Effective January 1, 2028, no State, territory, or political subdivision thereof shall levy, collect, or enforce any tax based on the value or ownership of real property.

(b) Repeal of Existing Authority.
States and local governments shall repeal all statutes, ordinances, and regulations authorizing property taxation no later than December 31, 2027.

(c) Preemption.
This Act shall supersede any State or local law inconsistent with its terms.

SECTION 5. CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR FEDERAL AUTHORITY.
(a) This Act is enacted pursuant to Congress’s powers under Article I, Section 8, to secure uniform taxation policies and ensure equal protection under the law.
(b) Congress further acts under its authority granted by the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit any State action that deprives a person of property without due process or equal protection.
(c) Property taxation has been judged inconsistent with the inherent meaning of property ownership as protected under the Constitution’s guarantees of liberty, due process, and the right to private property free from perpetual government claims.

SECTION 6. PROPERTY TAX TRANSITIONAL FUND.
(a) Establishment.
There is hereby created the “Property Tax Transitional Fund,” administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, to offset fiscal impacts on State and local governments during the transition period (Fiscal Years 2028 through 2032).
(b) Appropriations.
Congress shall appropriate sufficient sums annually for distribution according to revenue replacement formulas established by the Secretary.
(c) Eligibility.
States and local governments shall submit transition plans demonstrating compliance and outlining alternative revenue systems excluding property-based taxation.

SECTION 7. ALTERNATIVE REVENUE GUIDELINES.
(a) State and local governments shall adopt revenue methods that ensure fiscal stability without infringing private property rights, including but not limited to consumption-based taxes, user fees, and development levies.
(b) Such mechanisms shall not include or reintroduce property-based taxation in any form.

SECTION 8. ENFORCEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.
(a) The Comptroller General shall annually review State and local compliance beginning in FY 2028.
(b) Governments violating this Act shall forfeit eligibility for federal grants under Section 6 and may be subject to recoupment of prior disbursements.

SECTION 9. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act or application thereof is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and its applications shall not be affected.

SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) This Act shall take effect immediately upon enactment.
(b) Section 4 shall take effect on January 1, 2028.

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This isn’t a matter of displacing tax revenue sources so much as it is an issue of taxation without representation. Local, State and Federal government have abdicated their responsibility to American Citizens because they believe they have the power to do so, and they have been unchecked in doing so, whether that be by fraudulent elections, citizen apathy or stupidity, or other, and the Constitution of the United States of America has been trampled and shredded for at least 50 years. And this is deliberate. If you don’t know, well…you don’t know, but you certainly should.

Further, property tax, and even income tax, should have been shot down before it was ever submitted for consideration, and secure elections should have been established as a national security element.

I’ll let you imagine the who, what, when, where, why, and how of it.

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