Should only property owners have the right to vote on issues of rising property taxes? (lobbyist, lobby)

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by shiftymh

They should be eliminated all together.

Property, sales tax as well as licence/tag fees are what pay for schools. How do you propose paying for the schools in your area ?

[Nomander]

Originally Posted by dsjj251

Property, sales tax as well as licence/tag fees are what pay for schools. How do you propose paying for the schools in your area ?

Here is a thought... people who have kids pay for their kids to go to school?

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by Nomander

Here is a thought... people who have kids pay for their kids to go to school?

You try that in your area and see how that turns out.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by NoJiveMan

I've never seen that on a ballot whenever I voted in my community.

You mean to say municipalities, cities, states are now offering voters a chance to say yea/nay on raising-lowering property taxes?

If you're saying "should" you should have typed "would" because that'll never happen.

You raise an excellent point. Generally speaking, residents of a community do not vote on taxes.
Referendums may or may not require a public vote. Mileage varies, community to community.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by shiftymh

They should be eliminated all together.

Alrighty then.

Close your schools
Close the libraries.
Close the parks.
Fire the Police
Fire the Fire Fighters
Fire the First Responders
Sell all roads to the highest bidders so they can impose tolls every .5 mile to maintain and replace them, when necessary.
Eliminate water.
Eliminate storm sewers.
Eliminate waste sewers.
Eliminate garbage pick-up in those places that include it in property taxes.
Eliminate all zoning laws.

Sounds like a plan to create a third world community.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Alrighty then.

Close your schools
Close the libraries.
Close the parks.
Fire the Police
Fire the Fire Fighters
Fire the First Responders
Sell all roads to the highest bidders so they can impose tolls every .5 mile to maintain and replace them, when necessary.
Eliminate water.
Eliminate storm sewers.
Eliminate waste sewers.
Eliminate garbage pick-up in those places that include it in property taxes.
Eliminate all zoning laws.

Sounds like a plan to create a third world community.

Little Somali land

[Smoke_Jaguar4]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

Renters pay property taxes through their rent payment.

If you segregate propery taxes, then you have to segregated ALL taxes.

People without kids should not have to pay taxes for schools.

People that don't go to public parks shouldn't have to pay taxes to pay for the parks.

Etc., etc., etc.

Not quite, following the OP's logic, your examples should be:

People without kids should not vote on taxes for schools

People that don't go to public parks should not vote on taxes to pay for the parks

[gunlover]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Alrighty then.

Close your schools
Close the libraries.
Close the parks.
Fire the Police
Fire the Fire Fighters
Fire the First Responders
Sell all roads to the highest bidders so they can impose tolls every .5 mile to maintain and replace them, when necessary.
Eliminate water.
Eliminate storm sewers.
Eliminate waste sewers.
Eliminate garbage pick-up in those places that include it in property taxes.
Eliminate all zoning laws.

Sounds like a plan to create a third world community.

Funny where has all the money to keep and maintain them, where has it gone?

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by gunlover

Funny where has all the money to keep and maintain them, where has it gone?

most of those are maintained, others arent because Republicans decide to cut taxes on just about all of them.

My county has large retirement communities and last year the state got rid of property taxes above the age of 65, guess what happened....?

[Nomander]

Originally Posted by dsjj251

You try that in your area and see how that turns out.

I know how it would turn out, but that isn't the point. Just because you have a society of people who have been riding the backs of others doesn't make that a just system, but then.. these days, your money is my money right? Isn't that the mentality of people today?