Property taxes paying for local services keeps poor people poor. I don't understand why people think this is ethical.
Property tax is possibly the worst way to fund the government. The only thing it's really good at is imposing a market force. It's largely regressive. In fact it's almost identical to gas tax.
on the contrary, property tax is actually a good way for people to pay for what they voted for. If your town voted to increase the education budget, your property tax directly goes into that. You are not paying for something that your town did not vote for.
Property tax can be regressive within a community, but can often be progressive within a county/state. Different towns can have different property tax rates. Rich people would actually prefer a higher property tax to a certain degree to keep the poor out. If the avg property tax is 2k a month, then everyone living there needs to make at least 6 figures.
Property tax is possibly the worst way to fund the government. The only thing it's really good at is imposing a market force. It's largely regressive. In fact it's almost identical to gas tax.
All flat taxes are regressive.