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N.J. Schools Worry Property Tax Cap Will Hurt
WCBSTV.COM ^ | 03 FEBRUARY 2007 | AP

Posted on 02/03/2007 8:03:23 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist

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1 posted on 02/03/2007 8:03:24 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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I think Texas (at the rate we are going it should be spelled Taxes) is number 2 and we are looking for caps as well. Either that or be taxed out of our houses.


2 posted on 02/03/2007 8:05:27 AM PST by Hydroshock (Duncan Hunter For President, checkout gohunter08.com.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The Massachusetts Teachers Association publishes a guide on how to rally voters to support exceeding the cap.
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Welcome to ANOTHER state controlled by tax-crazy socialists.


3 posted on 02/03/2007 8:06:19 AM PST by EagleUSA
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"The New Jersey Education Association is fighting the proposed cap. It posted a warning to members on its Web site that "Tax caps will starve public schools!" and urged residents to complain to their lawmakers. "

LOL!

It's just less money to go in the pocket of crooks.

NJ schools are nothing to get excited about. They use kids to black mail parents into soaring property taxes. Kids aren't "smarter". They're not doing better on tests. The "tests" are just EASIER and teachers TEACH to those TESTS. When will parents WAKE UP!

Parents have complete control on how THEIR kids do. It requires PARENTS to get involved with their kids!


4 posted on 02/03/2007 8:07:52 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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"Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts Jr. said lawmakers are aware of concerns but noted a recent poll that found most residents support the 4 percent cap. "

That's RIGHT!

Most people are sick and tired of this black mail.

They see through this for what it is ... a waste of their money.


5 posted on 02/03/2007 8:09:27 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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Yeah, it might hurt them from being able to pay a dead person $130k per year for decades.
6 posted on 02/03/2007 8:11:40 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Pelosi, the call was for Comity, not Comedy. But thanks for the laughs. StarKisses, NVA.)
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Just think... with all the money the New Jersey taxpayers will be saving, they can send their kids to a decent private school and get an even better education.


7 posted on 02/03/2007 8:14:50 AM PST by BigFinn
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Holy crap!

4% is the cap - FOUR PERCENT - and they're still complaining?!?!

Unbelievable.

Add this to the NC referendum from last yearish when they were going to give the schools the legal ability to arbitrarily raise property taxes as they deem necessary, and you have the Liberal approach to education.

Ever heard of a school saying, "No thanks. We have plenty of money here; you should probably take some of that cash and reallocate it to a school that needs it more?"

Four percent - think about how much money that actually is in Trenton.

Unbelievable.
8 posted on 02/03/2007 8:16:16 AM PST by TitansAFC (Pacifism is not peace; pacifists are not peacemakers.)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1775611/posts
Governor Corzine Files Nominations (NJEA Nominee)

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION - Edithe Fulton is the former president of the New Jersey Education Association.


9 posted on 02/03/2007 8:19:31 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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Awwwww!!!
Socialists want more tax money. This isn't news, it's just what liberals do.
Let them lay off a few patronage positions and cut some pork first. Like that would ever happen.


10 posted on 02/03/2007 8:19:51 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: TitansAFC; Extremely Extreme Extremist; Hydroshock

By comparison, the tax cap in California is 1% of the assessed value with an inflation adjustment maximum of 2%. Example: You buy your house for $150,000 x 1% or $1,500. Next year inflation is 3% so your taxes go up 2% of $1,500 or $30 - generally with no reassessment as long as you own your home.

Tax slaves in Taxus and Joisey can find more info on the benefits of Prop 13 at www.hjta.org


11 posted on 02/03/2007 8:26:46 AM PST by Howard Jarvis Admirer (Howard Jarvis, the foe of the tax collector and friend of the California homeowner)
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A "google" of Sarah Maris indicates she was president-elect of the Fairhaven PTA in late 2005. I wonder why the article didn't point up that background?


12 posted on 02/03/2007 8:36:52 AM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: TitansAFC

They are kinda like that perverbial camel, aren't they?


13 posted on 02/03/2007 8:37:04 AM PST by biff
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It's always nice when we can get others to furnish the funds for our own priorities. Perhaps Maris should look into a private school for her child and stop insisting that others pay for her child's education.


14 posted on 02/03/2007 8:59:32 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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Giving schools more money is just throwing good money after bad. Teachers do a poor job. Administrators waste money. And our children receive a lousy education.
So cough up even more money.


15 posted on 02/03/2007 10:01:18 AM PST by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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Somehow I don't think Ms. Maris' kids are going to be reduced to attending a one room school anytime soon. Fair Haven is a rich little town. The family income there is $109,760.00. The average family income for the entire United States is $65,093.00


16 posted on 02/03/2007 12:28:23 PM PST by XRdsRev (New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
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It's time local governments adopted a land-value tax. Property taxes are regressive and turn neighborhoods into slums. Then open spaces gets used up for more land and property.
17 posted on 02/03/2007 12:40:21 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Forgot your tagline? Click here to have it resent!)
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Where did you get those numbers? I want to see how my town is doing.


18 posted on 02/03/2007 12:47:08 PM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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Just google "average family income [your town your state]"


19 posted on 02/03/2007 1:16:45 PM PST by XRdsRev (New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
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To: caseinpoint
A "google" of Sarah Maris indicates she was president-elect of the Fairhaven PTA in late 2005.

A search of public tax records also shows that her home was most recently appraised for almost $1.2 million.

http://tax1.co.monmouth.nj.us/cgi-bin/prc6.cgi?menu=index&ms_user=monm&passwd=data&district=1301&mode=11
20 posted on 02/03/2007 1:26:38 PM PST by jimbo123
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