First off, the idea that property tax pays for basic services is a joke. I just paid $8k in “impact fees” to hook up water and sewer. Now, what could be more basic than that ?
The proposal to eliminate property tax and replace the revenue with a small sales tax increase makes so much sense it will never succeed.
These bastards will pass “reforms” that change nothing and say they fought for “the little guy”.
Time to return to tar and feathers.
Half right. It's WAY past time for the tar and feathers.
Impact fees are another shell game. In theory, all taxes are impact fees in the sense that we all impact society and the cost thereof, and our taxes pay for our impact.
Targeted taxes are crappola. If the government only provided the basic services it is constitutionally authorized to provide there would be no need of impact fees. More liberal weasel terminology promoting class envy. Yeah, yeah, let's soak the other guy. Payback for him having more than I do.
Agree. Property taxes are way to high most everywhere and for most all homeowners. That includes the never ending higher costs of insurance. These expenses should be minimal.
I can see someone paying 200 a year in property taxes or insurance. How they ever got up into the thousands per year is nothing short of outrageous. Of course like gasoline, food and everything else, it just keeps going up.
What ever happened to cost of living raises? I would imagine everyone would be making about $45. per hour by now just to keep up.