By Cliff Maloney
Governor Ron DeSantis is doing what most politicians only talk about: dismantling the tax-and-steal state, one layer at a time.
His recent push to abolish property taxes in Florida is more than smart policy—it’s a declaration of economic freedom. It sends a clear message to businesses, families, and freedom-minded Americans across the country: Florida is open for liberty.
Florida already thrives without a state income tax, and now DeSantis is going for the jugular—ending the most immoral form of taxation still standing in America: the property tax.
While Florida does not have an estate tax or inheritance tax, it does have a 0.71 percent effective property tax rate on owner-occupied housing value, which is reassessed each year on January 1st. According to data tracked by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, home values in Florida have…
