Posted on 01/02/2017 6:57:54 PM PST by artichokegrower
No, I didn’t.
Your fall back is to always call names and there you go again.
At the same time, anyone entering a restaurant knows that tipping for good service is part of the social, contract.
Only a cantankerous antisocial liberal type won’t tip.
Oh really?
I know a family from California who have a two bedroom, one bath house and their r.e. tax is more than $17,000 a year. Affordable?
I should have added - they have a bunch of stores in the west, including some in California. Because of the minimum wage they’re going to be closing two of the stores in California - as soon as the leases run out.
The employees don’t know that yet. They are luxuriating in their new hourly increase.
“I know a family from California who have a two bedroom, one bath house and their r.e. tax is more than $17,000 a year. Affordable? “
California uses Liberal Logic of half-truths.
In Kali in the LA area, a home like that goes for $750/ft, or about $900,000. The taxes as a percentage are low but the dollar amount against that $990k is $6,500 average.
Their 2 bed, 1 bath cottage is worth about 1.6M, maybe more.
They’re paying for the schools.
>>>Oh really?
I know a family from California who have a two bedroom, one bath house and their r.e. tax is more than $17,000 a year. Affordable?<<<
Don’t know how that can be.
Prop 13 limits the Property Tax Rate to 1% of the assessed Value plus any other Voter approved Bond indebtedness. The Property Tax Bill can only increase a maximum of 2% a Year. If you pay $2000, the next year it can only go up #40.
The Law was meant to help people stay in their Homes, especially older People on Fixed Incomes.
Your Friends would have had to pay $1.5 Million for their House to have that big of a Property Tax Bill.
We bought our House for $242,000 back in 1991 and it is now worth about $700,000. Our effective Tax Rate is 1.25% which is based on what we originally paid plus any added Voter approved Bond costs since we purchased the House.
Even with the allowed 2% a year increase and the added idiotic Voter Approved School Bonds, our Property Tax Bill 25 years later is $3,600 a year.
If we sold our House today for $700,000, the new Owners would have a Property Tax Bill of about $8,750.
I hear the Property Tax Rate in Texas is 4%, and the Homes are reassessed Yearly. That is why Homes are more affordable here. The same House here in CA would probably cost twice as much, especially near the Coast like we are.
“Their 2 bed, 1 bath cottage is worth about 1.6M, maybe more.”
I have no doubt. A $900k “house” is a dump in LA. It looks like little Mexico.
To make clear the point that the price increase is due to government meddling in the economy. The business owner can pass the government mandated price increase on to the customer, reduce the services he provides, or go bankrupt. Socialism ALWAYS works that way.
>>>That is why Homes are more affordable THERE<<< Oops...
A restaurant that we (used to) like to frequent, in NYC, went to a ‘No tipping’ policy, recently. They decided that ALL staff should make the same hourly rate.
They, of course, raised their prices, overall, to accommodate this change.
The last time we were there, we noticed a definite downturn in what was once exemplary service. We didn’t appreciate paying more...for much LESS service.
Needless to say....we WON’T be returning, any time soon.
The discussion revolves around STATE mandated minimum wage laws, which apply to waiters and waitresses if the relevant legislature says so.
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