"Why pay taxes?" asked Fred Phillips, who owes more than $2,600 on his home on an east-side block where five owners paid 2011 taxes. "Why should I send them taxes when they aren't supplying services? It is sickening. … Every time I see the tax bill come, I think about the times we called and nobody came."
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allowed to keep their property
PeaceRequiresAnarchy 12 weeks 4 days 23 hours 48 min ago
"Detroit's delinquencies are so pervasive that some owners have been allowed to keep their property even if they don't pay taxes."
Everyone should be allowed to keep their property if they don't pay taxes. It's their property after all.