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Maine mayor tells elderly residents to take out reverse mortgages to pay their soaring property taxes brought on by illegals
American thinker ^ | 09/25/2024 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 09/25/2024 9:18:21 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Mass illegal migration has been tough on the finances of small cities and towns throughout the U.S.

So, many of these towns are raising property taxes -- through the roof.

South Portland, Maine, which has seen a mass influx of illegals flown in by the Harris-Biden administration, has raised its property taxes for residents 25% in the last five years as a result. Some have seen hikes as high as 60%. Spending for illegals and their NGO "services" keeps piling up, always going higher than the previously promised budget for them.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: elderly; maine; mayor; mortgage; residents; reverse
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Misha C. Pride https://www.ddlaw.com/attorneys/misha-c-pride/

City Council
Title: Mayor, District Three
Phone: 207-749-7817
mpride@southportland.org Misha C. Pride

Elder scam/abuse.


21 posted on 09/25/2024 10:04:08 AM PDT by GailA (kamalaczar and herr waltz want to turn America into a commie country. Vote Trump.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Sell your children's inheritance to pay for their replacements.

Please note: These are not "illegal aliens" in the old sense of people who sneak illegally in to seek their fortunes. They are illegally being brought in and supported at great public expense.

The government is making total war against the people.

22 posted on 09/25/2024 10:04:11 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Bonemaker

I thought the locals were avid hunters. That implies a solution, the PB solution.


23 posted on 09/25/2024 10:06:25 AM PDT by Mouton (A 150MT hit may not solve our problems now but is a good start. )
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To: dljordan

OMG take out a 2nd after you have worked your whole life to pay off the 1st, I HATE these bastards!!


24 posted on 09/25/2024 10:06:42 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

My mom made the stupid mistake of taking out a RM. Long story.

Anyway, he home is worth $1.5M....and we won’t see a dime of it.


25 posted on 09/25/2024 10:13:42 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Nessun Dorma.)
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To: BipolarBob

The Founding Fathers gave us every tool we need to bring an end to misgovernment, except the courage to use them.


26 posted on 09/25/2024 10:16:25 AM PDT by TimSkalaBim
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cities must refuse to spend money on illegals. In fact section 1324 title 8 makes it a federal felony to give them freebies!!! Insist the law be enforced.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1324

(A)Any person who—

(iv)encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or
(v)
(I)engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or
(II)aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts,
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).

(B)A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs—

(iv)in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) resulting in the death of any person, be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined under title 18, or both.


27 posted on 09/25/2024 10:37:27 AM PDT by Diversity Is Our Weakness
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Torches and pitchforks would probably work out better.


28 posted on 09/25/2024 10:40:17 AM PDT by bgill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Never mind all the “legal” refugee black Moslems imported in thanks to do-gooders, just like in MN. These include likely my dear aunt, Canadian native still clings to unicorns view of life. Tried to show me how lovely the local Moslems are with puff pieces in Lewiston paper.


29 posted on 09/25/2024 11:07:10 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Work your whole life to buy a house, then have to sell the house to pay taxes...

Sounds wonderful


30 posted on 09/25/2024 11:09:40 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Savage Beast

Exactly. And we have to realize that is the real reason we have so much trouble, not simply who is in office. This is nationwide.


31 posted on 09/25/2024 11:09:44 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: iontheball
So this is how the State winds up with your property. They tax it away from you.

100%.

And those who OWN their homes should never be required to pay taxes on something that they've ALREADY PAID FOR.

It's one big government con-job.

32 posted on 09/25/2024 11:09:52 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Seems this could be rectified by a few concerned citizens with baseball bats.
TPTB don’t seem to grasp the seriousness of the situation.


33 posted on 09/25/2024 11:11:34 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You must sell your homes to pay for the democrat’s illegals


34 posted on 09/25/2024 11:16:05 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I propose those people not paying property taxes into the system (think free public schools tax payers are fiscally responsible for) should be paying a tuition fee and non-resident sales tax to help fund their lifestyles.


35 posted on 09/25/2024 11:19:29 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: dragnet2

You get police & fire protection services, fixing & building streets, build & mauntain sewer system, and many other services with the property tax.


36 posted on 09/25/2024 11:19:46 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I will be voting for Trump/whoever he picks VP in November. If he loses in 2024, country is toast.)
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To: Bobbyvotes
You get police & fire protection services, fixing & building streets, build & mauntain sewer system, and many other services with the property tax.

Bull sh*t. After many decades, after paying in hundreds of thousands in property taxes we've never called the cops, never called fire department, and the infrastructure has long since been paid for. Yet these services just keep increasing and choking off the people? I've got nothing in return for ANY of this!

And the corrupt on the government payrolls just keep getting increases to their tax paid wages and along with their gold plated government pensions?

Bull shit!

37 posted on 09/25/2024 11:26:50 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Bobbyvotes

You’re on the government payroll in one form or another, right Bobby?


38 posted on 09/25/2024 11:27:42 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Bobbyvotes

Ya got to love when people, like you Bobby, jump in here defending these punitive, ever increasing government taxes on everything. So bad, honest hard working people are losing their homes to government corruption at EVERY LEVEL...City, county, state, feds...They All want a piece of what ya got.

Pathetic.


39 posted on 09/25/2024 11:36:04 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Valpal1
People need to wake the hell up and start contesting and suing the county over these insane assessment levels.

That seems a sensible reaction, of course, but it assumes the local court will agree. Bottom line is that the open border program has the weight of the current federal government behind it and it will swat down any attempt to interfere.

It does seem that both local and federal taxpayers are being used to fund the Dem party's importation of future Dem voters.

That is not some unintentional by-product of an otherwise healthy program, it is an intentional soft coup; some would argue it started with Obama.

40 posted on 09/25/2024 11:37:02 AM PDT by frog in a pot (..Jan 6, 2025, could be a major turning point in our nation's history.)
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