North Dakota voters will decide this fall whether to eliminate property taxes in what would be a first for a state and a major change that officials initially estimate would require more than $1 billion every year in replacement revenue.
Secretary of State Michael Howe’s office said Friday that backers submitted more than enough signatures to qualify the constitutional initiative for the November general election. Voters rejected a similar measure in 2012.
Property taxes are the base funding for numerous local government services, including sewers, water, roads, jails, deputies, school building construction and teacher salaries — “pretty much the most basic of government,” said North Dakota Association of Counties Executive Director Aaron Birst.
Oh this is curious! Cause the solution would be for those services to be privatized. I wonder how many would pay for those services.
“No, Jimmy. You don’t need to go to skool. Now go change bale the hay.”
Sure thing daddy-brother!!
gets mangled in the baler because he’s an idiot then dies because they closed down the firestation and first responders
What do you mean putting out the fire in my house costs me $25k?
Traditionally, privatized services like that just took the house.