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illinois going bankrupt. let's see how that plays out. i read an article that there are towns where owners will actually pay you to take over a house so they don't have to keep paying taxes on it. sovereign debt crisis building...
And so is Kansas....the ultimate poster child for middle American values. Actually Kansas might be in the worst financial situation out of any state in the entire country, and they followed the GOP playbook to a T by slashing taxes and programs. Now they're in dire need for things like simple road repairs.
I understand property taxes are inevitable, but damn I barely get anything for my money. Yeah I'll concede police and fire, but I get nickled and dimed for everything else. No garbage service. Separate fees for sewage, water, and local dump. No kids in the school system, so I don't get any benefits there either. I guess if I decide to have kids that will change. I wouldn't mind seeing homeowners with kids in school paying a slightly higher property tax. Maybe a small school tax for renters with kids who don't pay property taxes to help cover the cost of educating those kids.
I have owned homes since 1975, I have never had sewer, water or garbage included in my property tax. We all pay taxes for schools because having an educated population is essential to just about everything we do. Renters pay property tax, landlords include their property tax expense in the rent
If you don't like the freedom of American citizens to move freely wherever they please you are always free to leave the United States, genius. You sound more like a fascist scumbag, an equally diabolical enemy of freedom, liberty, and the United States, just like all of those 'commies' you lament so much.
Oh this is just beyond stupid of an argument.
You are seriously arguing a case for freedom and liberty to subjugate people with socialistic policies?
We all pay taxes for schools because having an educated population is essential to just about everything we do.
We had education long before we started forcing taxes for it. In fact, the average 8th grader in the 1800's was far more educated than the average high schooler today.
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Renters pay property tax, landlords include their property tax expense in the rent
They pay a "portion" of it due to cost being passed on, but they do not pay the same cost responsibility as a property owner. Also, many who get public assistance have any such costs negated by the government picking up the bill.
There is nothing justified in property taxes for social services, it is legalized theft.
right because why does any City need cops, firefighters and teachers
I have all those things, and they are all very well equipped......my p taxes just went down $400 a year to $2400. Just to be fair, our city has a current commercial boom, so that is picking up some slack for the homeowners.
Size and location of home makes no difference in property tax rate. We live out in the sticks in a town of only 30K people and pay almost $5000/year on a home assessed at $175,000.
Yea but you live in Texas and have no State Income Tax - so at 55K/yr and 5% that is $2750 saved (or paid elsewhere).
It's funny you should say that because a family friend happens to be an Aurora police officer. I don't know what his salary is today, but back in 2003 when he last bragged about it, it was already well into the six-digit range with only 7 years on the force. Meanwhile his wife complained about their $11K/yr in property taxes, without any apparent awareness of the connection between his compensation and their taxes.
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Are you making an Apples to Apples comparison? My state has high property tax and if you are paying $10K you are going to be living in a very nice home in a very desirable area.
I don't know how desirable it is, the house was last appraised at $150k, despite being 2,600sq ft and on a 1/4 acre of land. I know here in Phoenix that same set up would be appraised at minimum $500k if not more.
Mainly because there isn't much of an economy left upstate the way Bausch and Lomb, Xerox and Kodak shedded jobs.
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