why is the tax so high on prices so low

[monstermagnet]

Originally Posted by oreo1981

schools. teachers unions.

Theyre powerful and always get the budgets and money that they want.

So vote no on the budget. Then vote in a better school board.

[Joe461]

Originally Posted by avx81

So for those that are single or in a relationship with no plans of ever having kids should also have to pay these ridiculous taxes. Such an idiotic system.

One way to look at it. That position could be argued to have some validity.

Where it goes wrong:
- "no plans" isn't a valid condition. To be fair, you need to include everyone who doesn't have kids in the public school system... including those who send their kids to private school. I can relate - My kids have been out of public schools for years, but I will still have to pay school taxes until I die.

- I think most would agree that basic education benefits everyone, not only the recipient. If schooling were optional... or worse - only available to those who pay for it, society would be worse off. With schooling we have plenty of ignorant people running around. I can't imagine how bad things would be if they had NO schooling.

- It's no different than so many other taxes we have to pay. I pay more in taxes than some people and there are others who pay more in taxes than I do. There is usually in inverse relationship between the services the goverenment provides vs. taxes paid. Those who pay the least get the most. That's just the way taxes work in our system. Success is penalized.


Property, Income, or something else. The goverenment is going to get money from you to pay for the educational system.

[beachcomber11]

So Farmingdale for example continuously votes "YES" for their school budgets, superior raises and step increases for their teachers, too many administrators and RNs, sports teams out the ying yang.
These teachers, administrators retire their pension comes out of the state coffers? Am I correct?
Not unlike my position on school district extra-curricular activities (sports, music what have you) you want them to participate you as the parent pick up the cost, i think that the school district residents should be required in perpetuity to pick up the cost of the idiocy of continuously approving their school budgets.
See how fast we take a fiscal conservative approach to the school budget.

Similar topic Farmingdale Village just got a BID grant (business improvement grant) these mopes are celebrating like they have no idea that these grants are coming out of the taxpayer pockets.
Stop the pork!

[WithDisp]

The OP wasn't specific enough- but regardless the answer has just about everything to do with the complete taxation.

Long Island has a pathetic commercial/industrial tax base for a metro area its size.
Thus the incredible burden on homeowners.

[coolwaves]

CA has much higher income tax than NY.
NYC also has city income tax which LI does not.
You can't isolate one tax for comparison, you have to aggregate all your taxes out of your income.

California and NYC housing prices are much higher and a higher barrier for home ownership (down payment).