I think there are few things more infuriating than paying taxes.
Estate taxes are about as morally wrong as you can get, while property taxes do not seem much better.
My advice is this:
Try not to worry too much about taxes.
You have to pay them, and it’s just best to not care so much.
I think taxes can even be kind of like tithing.
Paying a tithe is doing what we were commanded to do, but it also helps us to not worry so much about money and the things that can be bought with it.
It is all just stuff.
I think Jesus hinted at this when he said to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s.
Maybe he was just saying:
“It’s physical stuff. Who cares? I want your life. I want your heart.”
Mark 12:13-17:
Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?”
But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.” So they brought it.
And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
And Jesus answered and said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
And they marveled at Him.
I love you.
-Dad