1 posted on
07/20/2003 7:46:48 PM PDT by
Arrowhead
To: 2Am4Sure; 68skylark; ab1; adaus7; AFreeBird; aj_foyt; Always Right; Amelia76; amok; arasina; ...
Pinged Again.
Do not forget to ping the "Stand Up" thread if you want to meet on the 23rd of August for a meeting to plan.
Arrowhead>>>------>
2 posted on
07/20/2003 7:49:25 PM PDT by
Arrowhead
To: Arrowhead
You assume that giving a tax break to a corporation raises your taxes. However, it's SPENDING that responsible for high tax rates. Being jealous of what others are able to get makes you look small. Focus on reducing the spending and you'll find that your taxes go down and you can have a healthy, vibrant business community too.
3 posted on
07/20/2003 8:03:13 PM PDT by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Arrowhead; hoosierpearl; madmomma; bleudevil; hoosierboy
Good for you Arrowhead! Makes me realize how little I have participated in my own town council meetings.
4 posted on
07/20/2003 8:05:16 PM PDT by
Republic
To: Arrowhead
Lower social spending, and you won't have high property taxes. Here, most of ours goes to public schools who waste it on teachers. The pie graph has about 80% going to the teachers union and their bennies, then the school property, then to the little extra things the school needs like the football field updated and swimming pools. Nowhere on the graph does it include the kids academic needs.
The kids get photo copies instead of text books. No joke.
You're hunting the wrong enemy.
To: Arrowhead
Good job! Thanks for posting about your activism.
8 posted on
07/20/2003 9:46:30 PM PDT by
lelio
To: Arrowhead
Why do you think the business will stay if they can't get an abatement? If it was me, I would go to the city where it cost less to do business. Even if property taxes are low, it's tough to live without a job or some other source of income. I do think corporations should be paying what they owe instead of being allowed to weasel out of it, but the sad fact is that they will just do business somewhere else, and that's going to make it worse. A more serious problem is governmental waste.
To: Arrowhead
Last year I think Time Magazine did a big article on corporate tax breaks. I seem to recall they could not find one instance where the town did as well as predicted. In a lot of cases, to companies took the breaks and then when the economy went south the company closed the plant, etc.
Sux big time!!
26 posted on
07/21/2003 7:07:52 PM PDT by
upchuck
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