That’s not socialist. It’s good conservative common sense to not buy a house bigger than you can afford simply because you feel you “need” more, and then declare FL bankruptcy.
That’s what the dishonest people down here do. Run up their credit, buy a huge house, and declare. In FL they can’t take your house away. That’s why all the really rich folk come down here to do that. That’s why OJ is here.
Hmmm... dictating what YOU consider to be adequate for a family with a small child sure sounds like dictating a Socialist agenda to me.
Foot - if I could otherwise afford an upgraded home, only to find my property taxes increase out of proportion to the value of my new home - I would be hacked too. This is another uneven taxation scheme that penalizes people disproportionately. Then again, I also have a real problem with paying what amounts to rent to the government for the use of my own property...
Both of you are missing the point here. The government is confiscating people’s money. Worse, they are confiscating a lot more from some than others for no reason other than the date on which they bought their home.
You’re buying into it because you feel superior to some of the victims for one reason or another. Who knows, maybe you are. So what?
If you do not pay your property taxes they take your home. Period.
Black, white, rich, poor, smart, dumb, frugal or spend thrift; none of these attributes entitles the government to confiscate more money from you than someone else.
When ever we have a thread such as this, I am positively amazed at the number of posters that don’t give a hoot what unconstitutional inequities the government imposes upon those they don’t like. No, they actually seem to like it. “He’s a dumb ass, so what if the feds take his property because a rare hairbrained tit mouse was found near it.”