The problem is the government. You have people in office who vote for these taxes so they can spend more money as in, spend it on things their donors want. Then they get more campaign donations, and trips to NY, and clothes and watches, and trips to the dog track and taken to certain slot machines that magically all hit jackpots at Victoryland.

A flat tax would get some $ out of illegal aliens.

My property tax goes up every year. My sales taxes have gone way up because of inflation.

No dog tracks because there’s only two left in the US.

Why dont they just charge us like a $100 a paycheck…no taxes on nothin else..im not very smart..but would that not be like 70 billion a month..that be like..nearly a trillyun dollers ah year..who cant live on that😐..i mean..what the heck🤷🏻

Manufacturers wouldn’t pay 10% on components. With a consumption tax system, there is no business-to-business sales tax. The end user who “consumes,” or uses, the good/service is who pays the tax. I point out service because, unlike our current sales tax system, services are generally also taxed with a consumption tax. It’s a value added tax - common in Europe - where the components or inputs are taxed at each level.

To your point about stock market transactions - they would not be taxed. No good is being consumed. You’re simply purchasing shares in a corporation.

^^^^THIS^^^^

Everyone would have skin in the game.

We’re reaching the point where there’s more folks on the dole than paying in and it’s about to get real. So is there hope?

Probably not without a change in the culture and values of our society.

Paying taxes with money that’s already been taxed is wrong.

I agree and concur , Sir.

Yes

I will never support a property tax of any sort. All property taxes we have now should be abolished. Until it is gone, you will never be able to truly own anything. Everything is property of the government. If you do not believe that, try stopping paying the tax and see what happens.

We did check into that when we bought this house 8 years ago. If I remember correctly, we didn't qualify due to my income. My property taxes went from $4500 a year to $650 when I moved to Alabama. I froze them at $765 last year. I have no complaints with that annual amount. The Boss wants to move back to Texas when I retire to be closer to the grand kids. I told her Oklahoma was as close as we were going to get if we move.

As a former resident of Texas who travels back frequently to visit family, I agree with your logic if you are only looking at what is beneficial to you and your situation. But when you look at the Texas economic engine and the services they provide they blow Alabama out of the water. Not one of our family members on my side or my wife's side of the family has ever attended a private school. Because the public schools are so strong. You will prosper if the overall economic engine is strong, there is just a greater chance to grow wealth. Now if I am retired, on a fixed income then yes Alabama does have a lower taxes.

The biggest crime in Taxes is Billy and Sarah... Billy works at the paper mill and makes $80,000 and Sarah works at the local bank making $25,000. They pay 25% in taxes but Jeff Bezos pays 2% of his income in taxes.... that's just not right.

Maybe the flat tax is our only solution to level the playing field for Billy and Sarah

As another Texas refugee I agree. If you want to see your neighborhood demographics change every 5 years and fight the tax appraisers every year then sure it works great. People essentially over pay for their homes, then rent them from the state once they are paid off until they get to old to afford the taxes. Texas doesn't care you paid off your home 30 years ago and are 80 years old. Your going to pay the taxes on current market value like your 35 and just bought the thing. Turns entire suburbs of 100k plus residents from a real community into a sprawling rent home ghetto overnight. There's no point in a mortgage except the appreciation, you're going to want to move every 10 years to another town in Texas. It's like real state day trading instead of long term investing and it all starts with the property tax system.

As much as I hate taxes, I rather pay it all the grocery store and get to live in a real community. Things changing too fast as it is, don't need the tax man shuffling everyone around on top of it.

Increasing the property taxes.... here in the real world what happens is within a few generations the only people who own land in the State are the wealthy and Corporations.

That's really what you would be proposing when it comes to Alabama. There are a lot of poor people in this State, in fact we are covered up with them and there are many that own and live on rural property at or below the poverty line. They work at low paying jobs because there are no high paying jobs near them. They will lose their land so that someone can sit on their ass and collect Federal Checks and soak Alabama for Medicaid over here in Ensley.

That's reality.

If you want to do something productive stop voting for Democrats like Kay Ivey.

What do you mean by "froze them?"

Liberal alert!!

My home will appraise at the same value on the tax rolls unless I make improvements. My property tax will increase only if the actual tax increases. I was surprised that I got some sort of break after I made 65 trips around the sun. My property taxes dropped almost $100 from the previous year.

Why the cornbread hell am I paying 10% on stuff I buy on Amazon. The state doesn't have anything to do with what I buy. We are idiots for letting stuff like this happen.