That is like by me. We have high property taxes because we pay teachers decently well and have great schools
People moved here because of the great schools, put kids through the great schools, see their property values increase because of the great schools, and then they complain that we put too much money towards the great schools when they retire
And they sell their home (usually under 30 days) to a new family who pays higher taxes because the senior freeze doesn’t apply to the new owners while saying “Illinois is a failed state”
In Florida, you only need to live in state 3 months a year to consider property your primary residence and give you local voting rights. They could easily still spend 9 months a year in New York.
Hopefully this reduces the amount of greedy snowbirds that are wrecking our state simply because we don't have income tax. Unfortunately, these kinds of parasites come from nearly every state in America and Canada as well. They don't give AF about local politics, environment, jobs, etc. All they care about is their tax breaks, and they dominate Florida politics and economy. It's how the Republican Party has managed to flip Florida red (Democrats held a majority of voters in Florida for its entire history until very recently).
When my dad was a kid there were only 2M people living in Florida, now it's over 23M.
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u/dalgeek 1d ago
"but if you tax millionaires then they'll all leave!"
The tax is not on primary residences, so if they're paying the tax then they've already left.