Did you see the news in Florida? They already had very low property taxes. They voted to get rid of all of them except the taxes you pay for schools.

As someone who moved to Nevada from Chicago, I think I understand the pain of property taxes better than most. In Illinois, your house is a piggy bank. In Illinois, you pay either the highest or second-highest property taxes in the US. I have friends who pay $30k-$50k a year in property taxes.

That’s paying rent to the government.

I was doing a radio show in Northern Nevada last December. They took call-in questions, and one person asked me about property taxes. Nevada has relatively low property taxes compared to the rest of the country, but I understand the caller’s sentiment.

Why are we paying them at all? We theoretically own our homes, and if we follow the Constitution, we have property rights.

I understand that there are services we need that are essentially public goods. It’s cheaper for us to pay for them in taxes than try to get them ourselves. Fire, police, electricity, water, etc.

As a State Treasurer, I have no control over property taxes, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t voice my opinion if it were debated in the state legislature. I’d even help them with the math to try to figure out where we could cut the size and scope of government to give relief to taxpayers. As Nevada’s Treasurer, I will eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse inside the Treasurer’s office. But, I would favor our state looking at and trying to adopt the Florida system.

As Milton Friedman said, he was for reducing any tax, any time, any place.

The more money that goes in your pocket, the better. I echo Milton Friedman’s sentiment because the lower the level of taxation, the more freedom people have.

Did you see the news in Florida? They already had very low property taxes. They voted to get rid of all of them except the taxes you pay for schools.

As someone who moved to Nevada from Chicago, I think I understand the pain of property taxes better than most. In Illinois, your house is a piggy bank. In Illinois, you pay either the highest or second-highest property taxes in the US. I have friends who pay $30k-$50k a year in property taxes.

That’s paying rent to the government.

I was doing a radio show in Northern Nevada last December. They took call-in questions, and one person asked me about property taxes. Nevada has relatively low property taxes compared to the rest of the country, but I understand the caller’s sentiment.

Why are we paying them at all? We theoretically own our homes, and if we follow the Constitution, we have property rights.

I understand that there are services we need that are essentially public goods. It’s cheaper for us to pay for them in taxes than try to get them ourselves. Fire, police, electricity, water, etc.

As a State Treasurer, I have no control over property taxes, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t voice my opinion if it were debated in the state legislature. I’d even help them with the math to try to figure out where we could cut the size and scope of government to give relief to taxpayers. As Nevada’s Treasurer, I will eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse inside the Treasurer’s office. But, I would favor our state looking at and trying to adopt the Florida system.

As Milton Friedman said, he was for reducing any tax, any time, any place.

The more money that goes in your pocket, the better. I echo Milton Friedman’s sentiment because the lower the level of taxation, the more freedom people have.