It is probably fair to say that most people would like to see a reduction in the money they spend on property taxes. This year there are many politically popular ideas being discussed that will do just that. However, when making these plans it is seems that the state wants to give away local governments' funds instead of the state's. While someone always comes up with complicated systems to appear to reimburse local governments, it seldom works. If the state has excess revenue, state taxes should be reduced or costs imposed on local property taxpayers should be picked up at the state level.
Education is the best example.
Property tax reductions would undoubtedly be a welcome relief to everyone, but they need to be structured in a way that isn't disruptive to local governments' ability to carry out their service delivery responsibilities. Education funding Equity in education funding has been a hot topic of debate for quite some time. When you look at how drastically school spending has increased in the last eight years it is easy to see why. To compound matters, Georgia ranks in the top 15 states, with the largest enrollment increase in public elementary and secondary schools. Furthermore, an additional 113,000 students are projected to stream into schools in the decade between 1996 and 2006.