Posted on 02/13/2024 1:48:35 PM PST by nickcarraway
Yes, but we are taxed in so many ways. I would like to see just one form of tax, and all others abolished.
And yes, I hate paying the federal taxes the most because so much of it is spent on things I don't want funded.
"Pay the thousand bucks, or I'll push you off the cliff."
"All right. Sounds good. Go ahead."
Seriously? Is this the basis of which you want to argue on? Sheesh.
I pay a lot of theft, I don't know about you.
So now you equate payment of taxes as theft. Got it.
This selling someone’s house for less than 1% of the value is just evil.
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As we have already established, no one has taken anything, it’s just the motions to take. And I’m not sure that’s evil. It’s a great motivator to do the right thing.
And as we’ve also established, the woman could have avoided this possible theft in the first place. Just like I don’t drive on MLK Blvd, much less park there.
Well said.
I’m sure we will certainly be priced out of our 30plus yr home since we don’t have big fat govt pensions....perhaps we will have to divorce and only partner’s income will be counted to look “poor” enough...
Should never happen
Need more information re why she didn’t pay her taxes. What is her financial status re income, deductions, health conditions, etc.?
Perhaps the State could set up a fund from fines frpom civil & criminal cases to cover “needy persons taxes, etc.”.
I know that some cities/states have such a “rainy day fund”.
What does ARIZONA HAVE, IF AT ALL?
If this woman is not mentally handicapped or drugged up or similar, this is her fault. Thousands of properties a year get sold to people who paid the back taxes on them, it’s a very common no-risk investment. Most small investors make it because the govt pays a good interest rate, at least they did when I worked on tax valuation protesting. The vast majority of properties acquired this way are usually so worthless people just stop paying the taxes and wait or them to go away. I know a guy who jumped on 400 feet of frontage on the Blue River in Colorado for a few hundred bucks in back taxes. He got it. Went to see it, only way to access was from the river and the piece was about 4 feet wide and in the flood plain. It probably originated as a “vacancy”, an opportunity to hunt for cheap oil/gas rights, etc. Old ‘Land men’ will know what I’m talking about. All the good ones have been found by know I would think.
I was looking at a house (that I subsequently bought) and there was an abandoned property next door. The house was of no value and the property was a junk yard. I did some research and found out it was in tax foreclosure. I bought the acre of land for $762. I cleaned up the lot and last year, after finally getting the tax deed, had the house torn down and removed. I did a title search and there are no liens on the property. I found out later that the daughter of the woman who last owned the property (and died) let this property go over a $250 A YEAR property tax bill. That’s crazy.
This never should have been allowed to happen in the first place.
How then does the government entity then collect the taxes used to run the entity. Here is how it works in Alabama. If taxes are delinquint on the first of the year about 5 months later if still not paid the property goes to auction. for the price of the taxes due. The one that bids for the lowest interest on the taxes anywhere from 0% to 10% paid wins. The bidder then must maintain paying the taxes for 5 years after that time. If the taxes have not been redeamed plus the interest rate within that time, he then has the right to the property. I think that is fair to everyone.In other words, if you can’t afford the taxes, you have five years to sell the property and keep your equity.
What should the funding source be for police, fire fighting, local schools, garbage collection, maintenance of streets and roads, libraries etc.?
Forgive tax debt, for the same reason they want to forgive college debt
It is an odd conservative who doesn't.
Have you never heard the phrase, "Taxation is theft"?
It's so popular it's actually a meme.
Do a search on "Taxes is theft meme". You will be astonished at how long this meme has been going on, and how much variety there is in it.
I don't know if she can pay or not. If she can pay, she should probably do that to avoid all the hassle, but maybe she's at that age where she wants to make a stand on principle, because people have to live with themselves.
Well thank you. I generally speak from the heart.
I do not dispute that there must be taxes to support necessary functions of government, but we are taxed *WAY* beyond necessary functions of government.
God only asks 10%. Government should not ask for more than that.
And it shouldn't be a tax on property. It should only be taxes on income.
If a person chooses to grow their own food and live like a hermit without need for cash, then they should be allowed to do so without being evicted from their land.
Most will choose to be part of the community both socially and economically, but the land should remain the property of the owner until it is sold or passed to someone else.
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this guy figured it out.
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>> And it shouldn’t be a tax on property. It should only be taxes on income. <<
I too am against property taxes, which thus require a person to be involved in acquisition of money.
However, I think that income taxes are wrong too. They are taxing people for doing something good, and those who do not work, or work under the table, are not “penalized.”
This is why I am for the Fair Tax, which is a federal sales tax that gives each person a “prebate” (advance refund) for the amount of taxes on what are considered necessities, and charges a 30% sales tax: note that they have figured out that initial prices will go down by eliminating the need for tax accountants and lawyers as a part of the sellers’ costs.
https://fairtax.org/about/how-fairtax-works
I have objections to tolerating this state of affairs as well.
I believe in the Bible view that if you don't work, you shall not eat.
It is nonsense that this nation creates and funds so many parasites.
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