Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios View Post
It goes into a big pool marked “for the plumbers”. And it is paid out not just for your own toilets but whatever water/sewage infrastructure may be necessary.
Forget toilets, think about roads, police, army or any other service provided by the state. Yes there may be specific taxes or fees associated with them, but it is not the case that your fee or your tax pays for your specific use of those services alone.
I understand your argument. I really do. But the fact of the matter is that property tax is based on location and contents of said property, and it just so happens that property taxes are earmarked for local schools. My taxes that pay for military, postal service, social welfare -- those are collected in another fashion altogether, and the taxes are either a reflection of income or a flat fee type tax. While I may or may not have issues with how those are used, it is irrelevant because they are levied in a different manner that is laregly out of my control.

Property taxes, meanwhile, are assessed locally by a county assessor. So if we want property taxes to go into one giant pool to pay for schools all over the region and not just the ones in my neighborhood, well then maybe there should be a national/regional standard for property taxes, and maybe have some sort of flat-type of fee, so everyone pays into the pool if they own property.