Property Taxes Questioned As Prices Zoom

AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/22/05 | Robert Tanner - AP

[goldstategop]

People hate property taxes because its the only bill every one gets. No with holding. Here in California, the Democrats want to get around Prop. 13 limits by allowing counties and local governments to add various user fees to the property tax bill. More $$$ and higher taxes for homeowners.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[goldstategop]

That can happen when the majority of the electorate are not property owners. Let someone else pay the bill. Its usually homeowners. So in such situations, its a free ride for those who don't pay. Back in 2000, a group of wealthy Silicon Valley liberals managed to pass Prop. 39, a measure that reduced bonds approval measure from two-thirds to 55%. A lot more bonds easily passed. Now they want to do the same for parcel taxes.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Osage Orange]

"People are facing being taxed out of their homes," said Ted Harris, a 69-year-old retiree living on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, whose taxes climbed from $2,200 in 1990 to $12,000 last year. "Government simply swallows the money and finds lots of reasons to spend that money."

That is absolutely nuts...and it cannot stand!!

[Osage Orange]

Communities, cash strapped for school funds

Bovine Scatology!!

They aren't strapped...they are awash in money. And they will never have enough....for there will always be a need for more!

[Osage Orange]

They turn out ignorant multiculturists that can't read a ketsup bottle.

Or spell..........

: )

[Pessimist]

I agree.

Actually, I think only those people who will be directly forced to pay a given tax should have the right to vote on it. Otherwise, its taxation w/out fair representation.

[Pessimist]

Yeah, I should have qualified that statement.

I'm up here in Cuyahoga county (ie. Cleveland area) - the land of Kucinich. I've heard the Cincinnati are isn't doing too bad either.

[MikefromOhio]

Cincy isnt bad, but like I said, Columbus is a pretty good town all in all...

[Mannaggia l'America]

He told me of a plan the county has that prevents that. he stated that in this county if a person cannot afford to pay their taxes they are deferred until after their deaths, meaning they can stay in their home until death and then the county steals the home from the heirs. Now isnt that a great plan?

And they'll probably want interest on the amount "overdue" at the time of death.

[Hammerhead]

can someone explain to me WHY your property taxes HAVE to go up just because your house value goes up???

I don't get it.

[sgtbono2002]

Of Course.