[ChefKeith]

You may be getting a "break" on the property taxes but they are screwing you everywhere else.

First off the State sales tax goes up 1% on EVERYTHING.

Second the tax on bottled water, soda, chips, cookies is 3% ADDITIONAL bringing it to 10.25% STATE tax plus your local & county taxes.

Third your employer will be paying an income tax on your salary or paying a franchise tax, which in the long run will come out of your salary by not getting a raise (or as big a raise)

If you put it to a number crunching you'll probly find that it will cost you MORE that if things stayed the way they are now.

[ChefKeith]

And from what I now see a $1.00 per pack oinkcrease on smokes.

[The_Victor]

All of the sales taxes are avoidable. The elimination of the franchise tax in exchange for a payroll tax is supposed to be a wash for most businesses.

I would prefer to see the state reduce all taxes and cut spending, but I want property taxes cut, period. I'll take this and continue to fight for the rest.