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Florida Is Rethinking Property Taxes

Florida Is Rethinking Property Taxes
A "for sale" sign is posted in front of a home in Miami on March 15, 2024. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has expressed his desire for a ballot initiative by which Florida voters could eliminate the Sunshine State’s property tax. That is a politically astute gambit. With insurance rates on Florida property rising inexorably, any proposal to reduce the taxes currently assessed on one’s home will be welcomed by most homeowners.
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.