Posted on 05/31/2019 6:25:32 PM PDT by Libloather
Orange County Commissioner Mark Marcoplos told the INDY Thursday that he’ll ask his colleagues to raises taxes to fund projects aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change.
The property tax hike he’s proposing for the county’s 2019–20 budget—which commissioners will vote on June 18—isn’t likely to cause sticker shock: It’s only a quarter-cent increase for every $100 in assessed value, or about $5 a year for a $200,000 property. (Orange County’s current millage rate, 85 cents per $100 of value, is higher than those of Durham and Wake Counties—78 cents and 65 cents, respectively—though that comparison does not include taxes imposed by municipalities.)
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“The reason we need it is because we’re facing a planetary crisis and everyone—every individual, every community, every government—needs to step up at this time and make a real contribution to the situation,” he says. “We’ve got ten or twelve years to make a significant change in our impact on the climate.”
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What happens to the loot once climate change is conquered?
Lol, they are going to steal it anyways.
I love how lottery and Atlantic City casinos were suppose to pay for education, while I write out my yearly $16,000 property tax check to the blood suckers.
They always say abc or xyz will toward something, it never does
A nice little slush fund for the climate change hoaxers.
It will just go into someone’s pocket. Kind of like it does now.
Socialists want your money and power under the guide of saving the environment. They love to lie big.
This same organization couldn’t wait to shut down San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station just south of San Clemente, which was providing ~2500 megawatts of carbon free baseload power for many years.
Equipment issues at the plant helped them succeed, leading to a $5 billion dollar decommissioning and replacement power from fossil fuel sources.
A heat wave and rolling brownouts/blackouts is what they deserve when the power runs low.
I no longer feel sorry for myself ---$16,000? What kind of a country is this that welfare bums, abortion baby killers,illegals,climate hoaxers, Commies and worthless Dems take money from good people and get away with it?
When someone a year ago asked Pat Buchanan what should be done now to save America he said "That had to be done about twenty years ago. It's too late now."
All those elections that were the last chance passed us by.
Ever notice, nobody ever says what the money will be used for?
"We'll, we're going to use it to fight climate change." What does that mean exactly? What specifically are they going to do with the money that will have any impact on the climate, if any? Nobody ever explains that part.
$469,272 a year will not be enough to do anything significant so the money will be thrown down a rathole. Raise taxes and then throw it away.
How stupid can people be? democRAT stupid is REAL stupid.
More gubmint jobs. After all, it's a crisis, don't ya know.
If there were an actual effective way to stop using all fossil fuels and we did it they would still be pushing this #FakeScience and the need to tax us for it.
You know it, I know it and even most libtards know it.
Orange County in North Carolina.
They would be better off with a hurricane tax.
Orange county has come a long way since B-1 Bob.
I wrote to soon. I thought it was Orange county Mexifornia. There is only one Orange county.
Here’s my suggestion for the next Pet-Rock sensation:
A Bobble-Head doll statue of Ms. Cotex with a digital countdown clock built into her belly like we had for the Y2k ‘doomsday’ event.
The clock would have to be solar powered to prevent global warming from using all those AA Cells
Sadly, I am in agreement on that.
The tipping point for any sort of peaceful and orderly rescue of the republic was passed years ago. I think more than the 20 he stated.
The unanswered question is really “How soon, how economically severe, and how violent will it be?”
All of that is just liberal gobbledygook gibberish. Double-speak.
None of these things will impact the climate.
Just another excuse for government to pick your wallet of your remaining cash.
It may be some small amount if/when enacted, but once it’s on the books, Katy bar the door. The insane will raise it beyond belief. They said the same thing about the federal income tax.
Don’t be STUPID twice.
6 more SOTU addresses. Count down the years. 4 SOTU under Pence will guarantee him another 4 years unless aoc is right.
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