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Mike, I do want to remind you that we pay taxes through our landlords and through the "junk" fees added to our monthly city water billings. We pay yearly property tax on our vehicles, sales tax on our purchases, and state income tax which is partially passed to the local entities.
Just because some of us do not share the holy grail about the value of home ownership does not make us freeloaders in a tax free utopia.
You are heavily subsidized by the people you deplore, who pay a much, much higher price for often unutilized service, along with impact fees for development.
Remember when I showed you that you put 4 kids through school and are paying about $450/year to WCPSS, and I put zero (0) kids through school and pay almost four times as much?
That is a subsidy. It is not a subsidy that I dislike, regret, or would remove. I see benefit. But, it is a bona fide subsidy.
And many "overpaid yuppie transplants" (sic) pay much more than I do to subsidize folks who don't come close to covering the costs of their services. And, this happens in Cary, in Raleigh, in Wake County, and around the Triangle.
The legislature needs to attract growth in areas needing jobs.
Some in the state legislature seem to agree with you:
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A major complaint from senators is that more than 80 percent of JDIG incentives have been going to Wake and Mecklenburg counties, the largest and most prosperous in the state. A News & Observer analysis published in February also showed that McCrory, a Republican, has been paying more in incentives per job created than his predecessor, Democrat Bev Perdue.
Sen. Harry Brown, a Jacksonville Republican, said the program has focused too heavily on major urban employers when a 50-job project in a poor county would make a big difference.
But, a bright spot... While African-American population shrinks because they are aggressively priced out, when they do get to town, the buses are "free."
But, a bright spot... While African-American population shrinks because they are aggressively priced out, when they do get to town, the buses are "free."
Had the town not taken the aggressive stance on growth, there would be an even greater problem of affordable housing in Chapel Hill.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the town's approach on affordable housing - it is way too much of a focus on the town council.Sally Greene may feel she should never have left the town council, but some of us are glad she's no longer there.
Had the town not taken the aggressive stance on growth, there would be an even greater problem of affordable housing in Chapel Hill.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the town's approach on affordable housing - it is way too much of a focus on the town council.Sally Greene may feel she should never have left the town council, but some of us are glad she's no longer there.
Kept the Orange County hillbillies out of the schools, too, didn't it?
Kept the Orange County hillbillies out of the schools, too, didn't it?
Do all Orange County kids attend community college at Alamance? I keep running into these kids from Chapel Hill attending Alamance Tech at Haw River. No community college in Orange? Why don't they attend Durham Tech? I know this is random, but I've always been curious.
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