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Bluenorthwest

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13. Property taxes are local, not nation wide issues, Don
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 09:42 AM
Dec 2011

What this thread addresses is the larger picture. There are many States and localities that run property taxes in ways those of us from other places do not understand at all. I offer that failed local politics is what leads to that sort of thing. Your taxes went up because of your local tax law, not because others are seeking justice on other issues thousands of miles from you.
There are places in the US where property taxes need to rise. Others where they need to drop. In CA., they freeze at purchase, so some folks I know who inherited homes pay under $500 on houses now worth more than half a million. Should my pals complain that they pay 375 on a house they could sell for 600K today? Is their situation anything like your own?

K&R me b zola Dec 2011 #1
What is your definition of "well to do?" NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #2
I know, but I don't think he's mentioning the million specifics? Merely a GENERAL CONCEPT that Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #5
I retired from an auto factory so I am not rich NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #11
Nope. You and I are the people we DO NOT mention regarding having to pay more taxes Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #12
Property taxes are local, not nation wide issues, Don Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #13
Don't agree about this not being a federal issue NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #19
I know, Don. People are living on the edge. Right wingers have destroyed this country. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #25
I'm a Marxist. Tax the 1% at a 99% rate socialist_n_TN Dec 2011 #35
You don't think I would be against that do ya? NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #37
They may not be directly a federal tax issue hootinholler Dec 2011 #28
That much of an increase is unconscionable. dawg Dec 2011 #20
$1200 is what the taxes on our home were when we moved in 22 years ago NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #21
Some people can't really understand a problem until they face it themselves. dawg Dec 2011 #22
And how much of that was attributable to the housing bubble? mmonk Dec 2011 #23
Most of it is attributable to our factories closing up NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #24
I was asking because home re-evaluations mmonk Dec 2011 #27
I haven't noticed that argument. mmonk Dec 2011 #6
The problem is that property tax is now the major form of wealth tax eridani Dec 2011 #26
You have a house? abelenkpe Dec 2011 #29
k&r unapatriciated Dec 2011 #3
I AGREE!!! And you're right. Opposers don't argue their position straight up. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #4
apparently, it's alright here to call someone defending the President 'morally bankrupt' bigtree Dec 2011 #7
That was not me and I don't condone that approach. mmonk Dec 2011 #10
If I as a gay man decided I could speak to all people based on the words of a few Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #15
I see bigtree Dec 2011 #17
No sir, I must disagree. dawg Dec 2011 #8
Why do you hate UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #9
hehehe SammyWinstonJack Dec 2011 #16
I'm a proud liberal leftie... ananda Dec 2011 #14
They do have that glazed over look. mmonk Dec 2011 #18
++ Those ideas are only extreme when viewed from an extreme point of view. DirkGently Dec 2011 #30
Exactly. mmonk Dec 2011 #33
purists don't accomplish much. MjolnirTime Dec 2011 #31
define "purist". nt tomp Dec 2011 #34
be careful, or some idiot will call you a PURIST Skittles Dec 2011 #32
I don't see too many people accusing others around here of being WI_DEM Dec 2011 #36
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