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hobbit709

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5. Fuck that. The county values my property at $122K-90 of that is the land value.

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Sat Nov 23, 2013, 08:54 AM

Nov 2013

I live on $938/mo SS plus whatever I can make on the side. My property taxes went up $300 from last year. In 1990 when we bought the house for $36K taxes were under $400/yr. This year taxes are $2700.

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End the 1 Percent�s Free Ride: Taxing Land Would Solve America�s Biggest Problems [View all] xchrom Nov 2013 OP

Good morning. I like to think that Jesse is right, but I'm not holding my breath. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2013 #1

No. The tax would just be passed off to their renters n2doc Nov 2013 #2

You want to shift income taxes to property taxes? mainer Nov 2013 #3

no one's saying there can't be adjustments where appropriate. unblock Nov 2013 #11

Absolutely!! Bohunk68 Nov 2013 #15

My best friend's parents are in a similar situation... Chan790 Nov 2013 #18

not a good plan...if you want to tax the rich beachbum bob Nov 2013 #4

+1 FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #6

that's a good set of improvements to a system that's inherently flawed. unblock Nov 2013 #10

not difficult to acheive if we had beachbum bob Nov 2013 #21

Fuck that. The county values my property at $122K-90 of that is the land value. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #5

This is the tax that broke up so many family farms in Massachusetts. canoeist52 Nov 2013 #7

Tax wealth, not income. safeinOhio Nov 2013 #8

Not the full solution Joel thakkar Nov 2013 #9

Proposing ending NPO tax-exemptions on holdings is a conservative and ridiculous thing... Chan790 Nov 2013 #20

Tax the financial market transactions. Leave the land alone NightWatcher Nov 2013 #12

On an aside: the complexity only serves one purpose rock Nov 2013 #13

Bad idea. Farmers and ranchers own most of the private land in the USA. Coyotl Nov 2013 #14

Meet The 25 Land Barons Who Collectively Own 1% Of America xchrom Nov 2013 #16

I am getting a sense of deja vu hfojvt Nov 2013 #17

I prefer a straight wealth tax for the 1%. stevenleser Nov 2013 #19