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Everything’s a subscription, or wants you to sign up for one. I want off this shitshow please.

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[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's not true of taxes in general—you only get taxed on income if you make income, for example—but property taxes certainly do feel like a subscription fee, because unlike other taxes, money doesn't have to change hands in order for you to owe property tax.