The Geld | Would You Volunteer to Pay Higher Property Taxes?

Would You Volunteer to Pay Higher Property Taxes? Our property-tax statement came with instructions for applying for a homeowner exemption. Should I claim it, or willingly pay more? From William the Conqueror’s geld and the Domesday Book to Shays’ Rebellion and modern Wyoming, I look at taxation, consent, and what government owes the people who fund it. What should property taxes buy? I ask how we measure results in schools, emergency response, and affordable housing, and weigh the trade-of...