EXCEPT ... Here in GA, the 'tards usually vote FOR the local options "penny tax" (that's what they call it)
Usually people vote for them here too. Thankfully, they have sunset provisions of 2 or three years. (It’s usually the retired folks, you know, the New Deal leftovers, who support them.)
In FL, our tax problems consist of counties who can’t control themselves and spray our money all over the landscape- building these walking trails that nobody is ever on, paying a zillion dollars a foot for school construction, you know, stuff like that.
Our property taxes are out of control, and people are leaving the state. The home building industry is at a standstill.
I think the tax orgy is coming to an end here too. People are pissed.
It’s not a “penny” tax - it’s a 17 per cent increase.
Boy, that’s the damn truth! I remember when sales taxes were 3%, state income tax rates were exactly what they are now (but incomes were lower), and property taxes have gone through the roof.