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Susan Daniels's avatar

First, people need to stop voting for every issue on the ballot. It increases your property tax. Second, when you get a letter saying they are going to increase the value of your property, fight it. FIle an appeal with your Board of Revisions. (I did and I won!). Lastly, start leaning on your politicians to stop charging property tax on people older than seventy years of age. 63% of my taxes go to the school. I have already paid my fair share for my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Enough is enough.

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SheThinksLiberty's avatar

What do I think? I think you're absolutely, 100% correct, CL.

The "property tax" thing has infuriated me for as long as I can remember. Yet as with virtually every other provable fact of their existence, try telling a "homeowner" that they rent vs. own? The reaction I've received over the years has been virtually identical -- pablum.

No indignation at the immorality of it. No outrage. Just pablum about how it pays for things like "educating" "our" children. "Our" children? We (unfortunately) had none, so the "education" of how many children not my own have I had my wealth stolen for? And to a person, most are perfectly fine with this.

I could go on, but I'd probably write something I'd regret.

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