[Snowybear]

Elderly shouldn’t have to pay for schools, they don’t get any benefits from it.

-SB

[WildHighlander57]

Snowybear wrote:

“Elderly shouldn’t have to pay for schools, they don’t get any benefits from it.

-SB”

I agree.

Neither should anyone without children.

In both cases, why pay for something they will never use?

[LSAggie]

Elderly shouldn’t have to pay for schools, they don’t get any benefits from it.

I'll have to respectfully disagree on this point.

Maybe I'm just too paranoid about the "slippery slope" or because my area is under constant threat of re-development, but I'll continue to pay the outrageous school taxes rather than have another government agency looking at where a bunch of elderly live and thinking how much more money they could collect if they could just get rid of those dang old people!

Another basic unfairness not discussed is the huge tax breaks given to new commercial and industrial developments, ranging from "forgiveness" of property taxes, to tax breaks on inventory and not charging city sales tax on construction materials and supplies purchased within the city for the project, and increasing sales tax within the development to "pay the developer back" for certain required improvements.

All developments have an impact on city services and when development after development is built without paying their fair share, it falls on the "little guy to make up the shortfall.

[cherry]

for we "elderly" its important that we have a good crop of young people coming up....sooner or later, we're all going to need someone to wipe our behinds and feed us etc.....we depend on the younger generations.....least we can do is get them good schooling....

OTOH....property taxes should either stop being raised after you're in your house for some many years or there should be huge rebates....

we've lived in the same house for nearly 30 yrs and if taxes keep escalating I envision us being forced out.....thousands and thousands of dollars every year....