[ExSES]

The $800 was what I paid the last year I paid property taxes in Florida. My tax escalation was relatively slow because the assessed value was frozen the year the amendment went into force, and was limited to 3% per year. Now, there is/was no limit as to how much the various taxing authorities that collect property taxes can increase the millage rate.

Obviously, anyone living in Florida who feels that they are paying too little in property taxes is free to contribute "their fair share" over and above their assessment...

The local government will be pleased to accept their" conscience money"!

[ChildOfThe60s]

I didn’t feel guilty about anything. And I never felt I was paying too little. On the contrary, I was paying more than enough. I was just not getting screwed as thoroughly as my neighbor.

One of my points on this subject is that this is simply the state creating more class warfare and pitting citizens of different socioeconomic statuses against each other.

If they are screwing someone else, that’s OK as long as they don’t include me. Problem with that reasoning is, sooner or later I (or you) will be in the other group.

I don’t smoke, so I think it’s great to screw smokers. A smoker that doesn’t drink thinks it’s great to screw me because I drink. And so on, ad nauseum. It is not an accident that these taxaholics play us against each other while they merrily go on pissing away obscene amounts of all our money.