[CindyDawg]

Lower property taxes? Yeah right. We would get stuck with both. Do away with property tax and have a sales tax so everyone pays.

[PetroniDE]

Lower property taxes? Yeah right. We would get stuck with both.

EXACTLY. A state income tax will NOT reduce property taxes. Just more money for the state to spend. Let's not give the state another source of revenue. Time to have the state start cutting spending.

[cspackler]

Here in Iowa, the Des Moines ISD brought in a new "super", turns out he's just the type that sees his sole duty as that of wringing more money out of the taxpayer. Ran around for a couple of years until a 1% local option sales tax was passed, solely for the school district. I personally live in Dallas county, but all of the shopping availabe is in Polk county, where you have to pay the tax. So, in other words, I have to pay the extra 1% even though it does not benefit MY schools. Anyway, the funniest part of the whole debacle is that the year after the new sales tax, they're already running around screaming for more money or they'll lay off teachers. Seems that the projected intake froom the sales tax fell below estimates due to a slow down in consumer spending, so of course they play this as a major budget shortfall. Amazingly, people never seem to quit falling for this crap, it's "for the children", don't 'ya know...