Florida’s DeSantis Pushes Unusual Plan to Abolish Property Taxes

Florida has no income tax, and now Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing a plan to eliminate the state’s property levies as well.

On Thursday, DeSantis again raised the idea of abolishing property taxes or rolling them back significantly, saying that Florida residents need relief — a message he has repeated in recent weeks.

“Property tax says that you never really own your property, because you have to pay rent to the government,” DeSantis said at a press conference, criticizing local governments for swelling their coffers with revenue from the state’s booming real estate market.

It’s a radical proposal that would ...