I feel like I am getting a great deal. Taxes are an ongoing responsibility. If you don t have children in the school system the odds are that you once did. If you don t like supporting senior services the odds are that some day you will. These taxes must be raised in some manner.
Some people pay more, some less, depends on the value of their property.
If you pay more then you have a more expensive house and you can afford to pay more. If you pay less you have a less expensive house and can afford less. Seems like a reasonably fair system to me. Yet, I would perhaps, support a further diversification of Anchorage s tax base. A sales tax, an income tax, a gas tax, are all potential ways to diversify the tax base, and each requires thoughtful discussion before implementation.