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Report: 47 Percent of Detroit Property Owners Pay No Taxes
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Posted on 02/22/2013 8:07:58 AM PST by chessplayer
An estimated 47 percent of Detroits property owners pay no taxes, according to recent report from The Detroit News.
n fact, according to The News, delinquency in the shattered city is so bad that that 77 blocks had only one owner who paid taxes in 2012.
Yes, one person paid taxes in an area covering 77 blocks.
Many of the people interviewed by The News said that they dont understand why they should pay into a system that has failed to provide them with basic public services.
Why pay taxes? asked Fred Phillips, who owes more than $2,600 on his home. Why should I send them taxes when they arent supplying services? It
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KEYWORDS: detroit; foreclosures; michigan; propertytaxes
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In other words, everything should be free. Streetlights should be free. Police, firefighters, etc., should work for free.
To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:13:09 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: chessplayer
I’m sure there are enough evil rich folk in Detroit to carry their dead weight.
harumph!
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:14:10 AM PST
by
griswold3
(Big Government does not tolerate rivals.)
To: chessplayer
46%. Very interesting. Where have we heard that figure before?
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:14:17 AM PST
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: chessplayer
In other words, a $4,000 tax bill on a $35,000 property is insane and unjust. I wouldn’t pay it either.
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:15:03 AM PST
by
Tea Party Terrorist
(Those who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
To: chessplayer
America lost its’ War on Poverty and War on Drugs. Now cities like Detroit and Chicago are paying the price.
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:16:37 AM PST
by
csmusaret
(I will give Obama credit for one thing- he is living proof that familiarity breeds contempt.)
To: chessplayer
Why should I send them taxes when they arent supplying services?" In Texas, it's because your property will be sold at auction if you don't pay the taxes.
To: griswold3
Unfortunately, they will just migrate to places that are doing fine, will elect the same type of officials they have in Detroit, and ruin them as well.
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:19:01 AM PST
by
MNDude
(Guns don't kill people, Democrats kill people)
To: chessplayer
46% is just another reason why Detroit should not be bailed out.
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:19:17 AM PST
by
ConservativeInPA
(Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
To: chessplayer
I think his point is that if he pays $2600 in taxes, $2300 will go directly to pay retired city employees to sit home on their arse.
To: chessplayer
In Greece, they made the welfare state bigger and bigger and bigger. And the people -- the people who wanted the bigger welfare state -- decided that the taxes were too onerous, and they just stopped paying. Almost no one pays taxes in Greece. And so Greece went bankrupt and is now in a virtual state of collapse.
Just like Detroit.
Cloward-Piven. This is how its done. Make the system so big it is unsustainable. Then all the rules will be swept off the table, and a Strong Man can arise and tell everyone what to do.
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:33:57 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Nothing will change until after the war.)
To: chessplayer
In other words, everything should be free. Streetlights should be free. Police, firefighters, etc., should work for free. Feel for the people who stood their ground against 'white flight' and now live in worthless homes in high crime areas...AND have limited city services AND neighbors who won't pay taxes... Michael Moore should be forced to live in the hellhole his ideas helped create...
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:37:15 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(To be free is to own one's risk - Jonathan Levy)
To: chessplayer
Why aren’t the Republicans mentioning Detroit every day? If a government refuses to protect you or your property, why pay taxes to them? So they can hire their relatives to a nice government job?
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:42:14 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Dalberg-Acton
I’m not sure alot of buyers would show up to the auction, for some of these Detroit properties.
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:42:14 AM PST
by
lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
To: chessplayer
Heck, I’m surprised there are any houses in Detroit worth $2,600.
To: chessplayer
wow. That is crazy. The welfare bums don’t even have to pay property taxes?
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:48:35 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: chessplayer
“Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide...”
How’s that working out?
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posted on
02/22/2013 8:58:11 AM PST
by
lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
To: blueunicorn6
Why arent the Republicans mentioning Detroit every day?
Because conservatives don't want to hear anything but bashing and that's a surefire loser.
The fact is that things are looking a lot brighter for Detroit than they have in a long time and its because Detroit is increasingly under the control of republican held state government.
Big money buyers are buying up the riverfront for development within easy reach of the new bridge.
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posted on
02/22/2013 9:01:42 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: chessplayer
Actually, in Detroit, I suspect the blocks and blocks of properties with tax-delinquent owners are owned by people who just hope that the city will seize the worthless property for back taxes-owed, rather than leaving it on their hands.
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posted on
02/22/2013 9:14:46 AM PST
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
To: The_Reader_David
Some of the luckiest people in Detroit are those who will be “forced out of their homes” in Delray through eminent domain.
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posted on
02/22/2013 9:18:08 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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