Posted on 05/03/2005 12:39:32 PM PDT by Reaganghost
Now, lets talk about the OTHER things the government does that benefits no working person
1) Provides SSI checks to illegal aliens
2)Provides medical care to illegal aliens
3)Provides Denti-Cal care to illegals, when many working stiffs cannot afford dentistry.
4)Provides Section 8 housing to bums, and illegal aliens.
5)Provides SSI $770.00 to stay home and drink
6)Provides SSI $770.00 drug addicts to stay home and get high.
7)Gives tens of billions of our tax dollars to countries whose leaders steal most or all of it, e,g. Russia, Africa,
Micronesia, and many more.
8)Gives tens of billions of dollars to countries who literally give us the finger!!
9)Spends billions of dollars on bull$hit environmental programs that do nothing but put fisheries and farmers and loggers out of work.
10) Make it a crime to spank your brat kid who needs and deserves it like you and I deserved it many years ago. And put you in jail and take your kid if some psycho psychologist deems it "necessary".
11) Takes an extra 8 billion dollars and gives it to public enemy #1 the NEA and ATU (Kennedy/Bush education program.
12)Spends billions on total BS grants that are of no earthly use to anyone, other than the recipient of the grant, who need not work for a living.
I could go on all evening, and not run out of ways the govt
wastes billions, while concurrently intrudes on our lives and privacy.
This is not about feeling sorry for me. This is about fixing a badly broken and out of control system of government.
You bought property years ago. Same here, or I would be looking at a bleak retirement, or working until death.
My brother has a 3 story house on Long Island. It has 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, EIK, LR, DR, Laundry room, nasty basement that leaks, and an attic room that has become unusable due to roof trouble.
They bought the home for a little over $100K nearly 20 years ago, paying an outrageous interest rate (prior to Reagan's revitalization of the economy). They were able to remortgage their house a few years ago and got a significantly reduced interest rate.
The home was in serious need of repair when they bought it, but they are only able to do a little at a time. My sister-in-law stayed home to raise the babies and fate was unkind of them. Overwhelming medical bills (over $250K) for my nephew almost wiped them out.
These people are not rich, they are just getting by and doing the best they can. As their home is nonetheless located in an affluent neighborhood, they pay very high property taxes, indeed. Last year, the County raised their taxes to $15K a year - on a single family home in need of repair, not a mansion.
That is reality for folks living in downstate New York; most of my family members are paying between $8K and $12K a year for their homes. My other brother was considering buying a small home in upstate New York as a vacation house, but decided against it because it would crank his yearly property tax bill up to over $20K.
Meanwhile, my husband and I were smart enough to escape from the financial sink hole that is New York in 1996. We are presently considering a 2,800 square foot home in Denton County, Texas, brand new, for a mere $117K. Our taxes? Under $3K.
We need to consider where that person lives before presuming the value of their home. In self-reliant states where people don't ask much from their government, property taxes are low. In states that are heavily saturated with dependents and extra services, property tax bills can be astronomical.
OK, I clicked there and I did something about it - I sent Rush an email.
This is the one that I want people to read:
Didn't mean to pile on.
Again, my apologies.
bttt
Thanks for the info.
Not at all; you gave me more info so I know better about the region. I wasn't aware taxes had gotten that bad up there.
Thank you.
Very concise, and well written.
Thanks, I plan to.
Thanks for participating, Victoria.
You're welcome.
I have paid the taxes due; there is nothing to hide.
I know. I'm waiting on books. I thank they changed printers and that's what's taking so long. Just know you're not alone in your wait. And now I know how much weight I really carry. None. :) Hehe!
Please don't! It's painful enough, IA.
You may have misinterpreted my post. Maybe my expression of caution was inappropriate. My apologies. I intended no slight.
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"I know that nobody is going to come to get me in the middle of the night because I wrote an angry letter to my local paper about cracked sidewalks and a stop sign obscured by foliage."
Tell it to the Davidians.
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