Property taxes have been a big debate in the SC General Assembly this year, and I can tell you how it will end. There will be a modest decrease in property taxes with a modest increase in the sales tax. Later, those property taxes will be increased. I could be wrong on the details, but if you're a SC taxpayer, I can tell you that you will find your anal sphincter widened at some point in the future to accomodate an even larger tax phallus and a lame promise of a complementary reacharound.
The best way to reform the property tax is to abolish it. Property taxes are inherently unjust because they actually take away a fundamental human right--the right to property. Decide not to pay these taxes and see what happens. You will find that your home isn't your castle at all.
The stalemate in the General Assembly comes from two factors:
1. The property owners of SC (who vote) are pissed off about property taxes.
2. There seems to be no other group that can be soaked to offset cutting these property taxes.
The only logical solution would be a cut in programs and education. This won't happen. That's because the same people who are tired of paying taxes would be aghast to give up public education and other government goodies and turn to the free market to fulfill their needs. (Yes, the public is really this stupid.)
It will be interesting to see how this gets resolved, but I think my prediction in my intro will come true. The key to being a successful politician is to make promises you can't keep and then overcoming the inevitable disappointment by making more empty promises. It's not that hard when you realize how stupid the voting public is.
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