Property taxes rising nationwide

C.L.O.U.T. Citizens Lowering Our Unfair Taxes ^ | Ron Scherer

[cfrels]

We DO NOT own our homes, the state owns them.

You don't pay your rent(taxes), they will take it from you. We are becoming servants of the state, they are no longer our servants.

[television is just wrong]

LOL
We need to group together start a new party, with some strength, in numbers and vote these silly delusional self promoters out of office.

[cyborg]

Whatever party it is, I see it getting sidelined and branded a ringwing fanatical 'michigan milita type' group. Politicians are full of themselves so much that when they get in office they do whatever THEY want and not the people.

[virgil]

Property taxes should be outlawed all together.

[dawn53]

In Florida we have Amendment 10, Save our Homes, which limits raises in property taxes of property with homestead exemption.

If you've lived in your home for awhile, it really pays off.

http://www.leepa.org/amendment_10.htm

[Citizen Tom Paine]

The problem that many of you are going to face is that you won't be able to live in the house that you bought because of the real estate taxes.

I knew a person who paid more taxes annually that he originally paid for his small farm. This is the price for living too long in this land of the free and the home of the brave.

When you do your income taxes this year, notice how much your taxes have increased since last year.

Something will give sometime, maybe.

[yooper]

"$7000 here thanks"

On property valued at what? If you don't mind my asking.

[cyborg]

$350,000

[bayourod]

I'll just repost my earlier post on a thread about Texas Property Taxes:

I would prefer a state wide property tax over the present system of a half dozen local taxing entities raising my property taxes each year. I get taxed by the following:

Harris County, Harris County Flood Control Dist, Harris County Dept. of Education , Port of Houston Authority , Harris County Hospital District , N Harris Montgomery Comm College, Emergency Service Dist, Emergency Service Dist #11

There are so many people voting to raise my taxes that I can't hold anyone accountable. ,If it were a State wide tax at least I could vote against my State Rep, Senator and the Governor.

[ElRushbo]

"There is also concern the taxes could particularly hurt the home-buying chances of the young or civil servants such as firefighters"

why does crap like this have to be inserted into every article I read? Who cares about civil servants like firefighters?

There are some firefighters I have read about making over 100K a year. Life is rough when you work for the government! what is the true market value of firefighters and other civil servants??-- -I guarantee the government is paying over 100% more in wages and benefits than a private firm would have too pay to get the same quality of work.

[Necrovore]

Do you have contact information for CLOUT? We are experiencing the same thing over here in San Antonio.

[af_vet_rr]

Wht is happening is our elected officials think they are royalty.

You are absolutely right. They tell us what to do and how much money they are going to take. Hard to say you truly own your own home knowing if you don't keep paying what they want you to pay you'll lose the place. Feels more like renting.
Everybody sees their property values go up and are happy, but they seem to forget that taxes/appraisals go up as well, and so they do nothing to fight it.

Many of my friends who are shooting for thirty years in the service are going to be in for a shock when they get out, and they might be left thinking they should have got out at twenty so they could get an earlier start on a second career.

The whole property tax situation across the US is just one huge mess, but nobody really wants to try and fix it, because most people only see a tiny part of the problem, or they may not even see a problem. I don't know, maybe they think "I live in a nice house so I should pay a little more than most other people" or "my house will be worth a lot when I sell it, so this is the price I have to pay".

[television is just wrong]

We could be headed for disaster. I believe our properties are artificially high. I think we are headed for a rude awakening.

[television is just wrong]

There has to be an end to this insanity. There has got to be a better way.

[cyborg]

Well I'm not a revolutionary person. I'll have to pray and rely on God and trust he will raise up a mighty man or woman of God to do what I can't do.

[cfrels]

The school spending is the biggest portion of the tax bill. They were the first out of control spenders and now the other taxing bodies are getting the spending addiction too. Libraries, forest preserves, park districts, on and on and on....

[lewislynn]

$350,000

Say what you want about California, but in California your property taxes would be 1% or $3500.

Thank you Proposition 13!

[television is just wrong]

I'm not either. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. We must continue to persuit liberty.

One good way to start is to make Congress and State reps part time. They should have to work with the people they make laws over. Right now they are isolated.

If they had to deal with the laws they subject the rest of us to, maybe things would be different.


The tax laws are different for the wealthy than the middle class. Laws have to be equal

We need to end the welfare state. Pay as you go medical and stop feeling sorry for people who will not pull their own weight.

The recent immigrants to our nation, have no idea what we are giving up. They come from supressed nations and are willing to comply with less than they should. TEACH freedom and liberty. End civil rights they are meaningless only Constitutional rights are worthwhile.

[cyborg]

I take it prop. 13 is a good thing *LOL* The taxes go up and up and up... let me stop before I get on my soapbox.