Ohio Ping
I wish they would do this in Florida ...
What a nonsensical stupid program. If voters approve these things they ought to be on the hook for the real cost.
I personally object to property taxes on the principle that it is impossible to truly “own” any property subject to such taxes. At least the British are honest about such levies and they refer to them as ‘rent’ because if they are not paid to your landlord then you find out who truly OWNS your property!
state funding for local property tax levies does not help taxpayers in the long run; both state AND local taxes keep rising as local spending restraint is not encouraged, in fact it is defeated by the subsidies
the other error of state subsidies to offset local tax levies is that over time the level of local control is eroded as state mandates, restrictions and financial oversight on the local jurisdictions increase with the state subsidies
all levels of government need to de-unionize government workers and set government wages and benefits by law, not by negotiation, setting benefits and salaries to average no higher than the median for benefits and salaries in the private sector in the related jurisdiction - the government class should not be a priveleged class earning on average salaries and benefits higher than the median of the citizens, in the private sector, whose taxes are paying for them
that would be the first place to start
the second thing to do would be ending/closing all current government pension plans that are defined benefit pension plans and putting all new employess on defined contribution pension plans
the third thing to do would be to end “paid” sick days “owed” for unused sick days, period, and ending “paid” vacation days “owed” for unused vacation days;
a “paid” sick day should be ONLY days absent for a legitimate health reason, period, and paid vacation days should always be on a use-em or lose-em basis
these things should not be “negotiable”