But if taxation is extortion, then it is a form of coercion. Thus I think all reduction of coercion, no matter how selective or how much we may dislike the reason for the reduction, is good morally.
Otherwise one is advocating for coercion of some people but not others.

I agree in theory. In reality there are all kinds of unfair tax law loopholes that favor one group over another, yet I believe it is moral to try to reduce your own taxes by taking advantage of any legal loophole you can. However, by extension this would also apply to cheating.  If taxation is immoral and extortion, then “the law” is not moral and we are therefore not obliged to obey it.

I’m not saying that is my position. I am not an anarchist. I am a pragmatic libertarian. Small government and very low tax rate if needed at all is ideal which of course we are far from right now.

These are the sort of moral conundra created by having the state involved in everyone else’s business.

Agree! 

When I moved from WI to OH I went from 1400 to 3200 sq ft. And I paid less in OH for what I sold in WI and with less property taxes, too. Gotta love the red states.

I am not claiming this is the primary cause but perhaps it is also contributing. In some sense houses are more sophisticated now and may thus just cost more in real dollars. There is also a lot more regulation and code compliance which likely drives up prices. Many municipalities have actually banned things like the small house movement which was designed to provide more smaller but livable spaces.

That's a very good point. Back when I was a kid, all the houses we lived in and the ones our relatives lived in had only one full bath plus a lone toilet sitting open on the floor of the basement. Everybody had 4 or more kids and we managed with one bath. Nobody used the basement toilet except Dad. That was his emergency exit when wife or kid was hogging the one bathroom. 

Our great aunt out on the farm still had the outhouse in addition to the single added on bath that had been installed in the landing of the front staircase.  (There was no toilet in her root cellar.)  There was a separate staircase in the back that led to an upstairs servant's bedroom. They had no servants by the time we came along and visited but one of our great aunts slept up there and used a chamber pot. The stove was wood fired.

The past two houses we've lived in have a full bath for each bedroom.   Plus another half bath.  And they're just your average 3 bedroom house.  All our other houses had at least 2 and a half baths. (Except our money pit starter home.)  So yes, expectations have changed greatly.

Can't stop Trump from winning, so plan to destroy his presidency by destroying the country.

But 7% mortgage rates?  Shit.  I remember 12% to 14% and yet we survived.  And we had to walk uphill through snow just to get that.  Fucking snowflakes.

How?  The FBI has an extensive file on you two because of your support of President Trump

Look, when you hire someone as the CEO, do you want a guy that will just give nice talks, make promises, then work behind the scenes to steal from the company and put it in further debt?

  Or do you hire a guy that talks a tough line, vows to take action against those stealing from the company, and vows to work diligently to make the company stronger and make the company number 1?

  We're electing a president, not appointing a Pope.   I want a guy that can do the job.

Well it does give me a break from working on taxes. And my mother’s taxes.

Yeah you still have to pay taxes when you’re dead.

Well, if she is allowed to vote, then she should pay taxes.

Of course, if paying taxes was a prerequisite to vote, then Biden would have received about 40 million fewer votes.
(my wording is screwed up but my point should be obvious).