Ending Property Taxes

[Broncojohnny]

My last state council meeting was this exactly. Being an appointee instead of someone paid means I don't care about making bank off the state. I was the only one standing up and asking "What do the tax payers get in return?"

I got the lines about the poor children in the gutters and they couldn't figure out why that didn't move me to agree

It is the mentality that tax dollars just appear like magic. Out of the sky. These are the people crying when you start talking about budget cuts.

[Cooter]

I'm that nig who bought the cheapest "nice" place to live possible and pay $1500/yr in property tax LOL

[Blackpony]

I did the math when I posted that :-)

On my ~$275k house in Frisco I pay < $6k a year in property tax. ~2.18%. I rounded. Forgive me. If I was concerned about my property tax burden, I'd live in The Colony in a $150k house and pay 1/2 that.

Don't forget that states with income tax typically also have property tax (albeit much smaller).

Damn, I live in the country so to speak and pay right around 3% in property taxes. $110k @ $3400 yr in taxes..

[Forever_frost]

From what I'm looking at, mine is 1.4%

http://www.tax-rates.org/texas/delta_county_property_tax

However, tax exemption rocks

[stang]

You really never own anything in the US. Either the government can't still get it our someone's lawyer tries to take it. Either way there is a string still attached.

[majorownage]

Property taxes are just a high tech way of saying you are a serf of the government.

You can't own something that can be taken away for not paying the right to have it.

[goofygrin]

Damn, I live in the country so to speak and pay right around 3% in property taxes. $110k @ $3400 yr in taxes..

Frisco has a lot of retail and stuff so they get income from sales tax. Also we don't participate in dart... We put the sales tax money into the EDC to bring in more businesses.

[FastFox]

Cut everything 20 %. This means all state wages and expenses. So, a third grade math teacher would go from $ 55K to $ 44K. Still overpaid in my opinion. You will never figure out wht to cut, so just cut it ALL.

[mikeb]

Cut everything 20 %. This means all state wages and expenses. So, a third grade math teacher would go from $ 55K to $ 44K. Still overpaid in my opinion. You will never figure out wht to cut, so just cut it ALL.

This. A flat 20% cut (or whatever it takes to balance spending against receipts) and let the individual agencies figure out what/where to cut to meet the budget.

[SEB]

I dont pay much for property Taxes, But I still have to come off $624 a year for my place that is valued at 14,750. My Dad & Mom have there house paid for & they pay $3800 a year in Property Taxes & man he gets pissed having to write them a check every year. His favorite saying is you dont own anything in America, We just rent it from the goverment.

Hell you cant even build on your property without Uncle Sam getting a piece of the pie. Oh you got money to build. You got money to pay me more taxes!!!

[juiceweezl]

Cut everything 20 %. This means all state wages and expenses. So, a third grade math teacher would go from $ 55K to $ 44K. Still overpaid in my opinion. You will never figure out wht to cut, so just cut it ALL.

<-------------- Wife is a 7th grade teacher, and you're dead wrong if you think a 3rd grade teacher that does his/her job is overpaid at $55K a year. Underpaid? No, but certainly not overpaid. For real teachers, ones that plan their lessons, that care for the kids, that bring work home each night, that stay late after school to help kids or get ready for the next day, they earn every penny they get. My wife spends over half her summer (supposedly off time) in CE classes either teaching them or attending them to maintain her license. Now PE teachers that just roll a ball out and say, "Ya'll go play for an hour," are a different story.

[Forever_frost]

I dont pay much for property Taxes, But I still have to come off $624 a year for my place that is valued at 14,750. My Dad & Mom have there house paid for & they pay $3800 a year in Property Taxes & man he gets pissed having to write them a check every year. His favorite saying is you dont own anything in America, We just rent it from the goverment.

Hell you cant even build on your property without Uncle Sam getting a piece of the pie. Oh you got money to build. You got money to pay me more taxes!!!

That's why you build it underground

[FreightTrain]

That's why you build it underground

^^^^ Be honest. You added another layer to your tin foil hat recently didn't you lol.

[Forever_frost]

^^^^ Be honest. You added another layer to your tin foil hat recently didn't you lol.

Not at all. I just see bad things on the horizon and my training says be ready for the worst while hoping for the best

[Grape]

you guys can cry me a fucking river on your property taxes that i've seen listed here. lol