Mexico's the lowest spenders of tax on this chart, and also Mexico's the poorest country on this chart.
So, why do we keep hearing over, and over again that high taxes create third-World like conditions?
sobie dear--------sometimes high property taxes cause the RICH BITCHES---to abandon property-----abandoned property BECOMES SLUMS-----slum-lords buy it CHEAP -----and rent it to DA POOR
Like Westchester County, New York?
The #1 tax spenders, which hold the #1 richest town in America called Scarsdale?
Having come from Putnam, NY which is a little cheaper, and a little poorer than Westchester, NY.
I kind of have to smirk.
In general, a lot of Putnam people are just people who couldn't afford to buy in Westchester.
Putnam's got a lot more "White trash" types than most of Westchester, perhaps only Yonkers, (The biggest city in Westchester) and a couple of other centers have more "White trash types"
My family moved out of Westchester, Mount Kisco to be exact in the 1970's because it was "Too expensive" and at the time they couldn't afford a house there.
Now of course my family at 1.6 million could afford to live in Westchester, but at what cost?
Westchester is actually far less friendly, and no more safe than my Pawling, even though house prices are double in Westchester vs Pawling.