Where would they live? With a budget of 2 million dollars- they could own an extravagant home practically anywhere in the US while pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I have no idea why people who are living off of social security should be in the most desirable housing in the entire country
Why should they get services, that are paid by people with no money?
Also - they wouldn't be paying $30k per year. If you had a rational government cost distribution among people in the area, you wouldn't need to charge people $30k just in property taxes.
And then - they also haven't paid their fair share of taxes in decades, so why do they get to be in a highly privileged position?
Imagine if I didn't pay any income tax for 50 years - would you excuse me, if I turned 60?
Nobody is forced to do anything. They can certainly leverage their significant equity in the home to pay those taxes, they can take a lien like many other states allow for in these situations, etc.
But frankly I don't understand why a retiree who is living off of social security would sit on a multi million dollar asset, rather than cashing out and increasing their standard of living many times over by moving. And I don't think they are a victim by having generated 10-20x returns on their home
I have no idea why people who are living off of social security should be in the most desirable housing in the entire country