State collapse is inevitable when a society’s leaders are insulated from the negative consequences of their bad decisions.
Mike Shelby
Wake County’s county property tax rate (the county portion of the millage rate) for the 2026-2027 fiscal year is 53.71 cents per $100 of assessed property value.
Compare this rate to my county’s rate:
Cherokee County, North Carolina’s county property tax rate (county ad valorem/mill rate) is 61.0 cents per $100 of assessed property value (or $0.61 per $100).
Somebody has to pay for the illegals, free private education and free healthcare, I guess it’s the local serfs, like us
David, this is off topic but why was my post on another subject sent to be “moderated?”
I can’t find the post anymore.
That comment went to moderation because you added @yahoo.com to your name. That made it the first comment for that name. All first comments go to moderation and then future comments are automatically approved.
In my late 50’s, I paid off my house, had a 15 yr mortgage. Never thought about it until then, paying property tax each year reminds me I don’t own my land and house, the county / state does. If I don’t pay, the county puts a lien against my property and eventually (long time) will confiscate it, sell it for back taxes.
I would rather pay higher income or sales tax than property tax which I now believe is unconstitutional.
I asked ChatGPT where in the Constitution does ity say I have to pay property tax?
The short answer is: nowhere.
The United States Constitution does not specifically require individual property owners to pay property taxes. Instead, the Constitution establishes the government’s power to tax generally, while leaving most property taxation to the states.
Why do states have property taxes?
The authority comes primarily from:
The states’ inherent power to tax (often called the police power and taxing power), which existed before the federal Constitution.
Each state’s own constitution and statutes.
For example, in North Carolina, the authority for property taxes is found in the North Carolina Constitution, specifically Article V (“Finance”), along with the state’s property tax laws enacted by the legislature.
Does the Constitution prohibit property taxes?
No. The U.S. Constitution neither requires nor prohibits state property taxes. Over many decades, both state and federal courts—including the Supreme Court of the United States—have consistently recognized that states possess broad authority to levy property taxes, subject to constitutional limits such as due process and equal protection.
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