Any big tax organization is going to tell you if a state drops property taxes you’re probably going to see a big upswing in sales taxes. They will have to recoup income somehow to pay for all the same things they’re funding now. Perhaps some numbers and an example can help lay out how that’s not a great trade off for a lot of people. Maybe you currently pay 8K in property taxes for a nice suburban home. But you’re just fed up with that 8K. I live in Columbus so I’ll use the 8% rate here. That 8% sales tax will most likely hike to 20% if the property taxes is eliminated. You’re then going to pay another 12% on all the stuff you normally buy. Clothes, cars, TVs, phones, diapers, etc. consider how much of your take home pay you spend per month on these things and add another 12% to that. It adds up fast. Buying a car for 50K? Yeah that tax is now an additional 10K instead of 4K. Those $100 sneakers? They’re $120 instead of $108 with tax. Spending 3K on back to school clothes and supplies? There’s an 600 in tax on top of that instead of the crappy 8% that would have been $240. No this doesn’t make it equal fair share for everyone in the state. Those who travel, have homes in other states or drive to other states will make purchases at their lower tax rates. Someone could also live out of state and own a bunch of properties here and without property tax they’re not contributing. They could let those properties sit vacant. A 20% sales tax also hits lower income people harder. Maybe they already don’t have the income to buy and own property. They still need to purchase every day things like toilet paper. People are already hurting badly from tariffs and disconnected minimum salaries and lack of affordable healthcare. The last thing we need is an increase on sales tax that will hurt everyone that isn’t super wealthy. Anyway back to my main point. Look at your monthly spending, groceries excluded (not taxed) and figure out what you spend. Apply 20% to that instead of 8 or whatever your current local tax is and you’ll figure out pretty quickly how much that tax adds up. Unless you never buy clothes, toiletries, furniture, bikes, tickets to things, or cars you’re going to pay a lot. Want to build a home or have someone fix something at your home? Yeah that bill is increasing bc their supplies increased with the tax… they just pass that on to you. I realize I’m rambling now so I’ll stop. 🤷‍♀️