woodduck30
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Petition is getting started to eliminate property taxes. Get your pens out boys!
I'm not sure it's available to sign yet...Wrigley and the SOS need to approve the petition then it's go time. I believe 35,000 signatures are needed to place it on the ballot for 2024?Where does a person go to sign the petition?
I’ll believe it when I see itBout time. Should pass this time. A lot of no votes last time are surely yes now. They have taxed the living hell out of people. It has to end
Right.I’ll believe it when I see it
Why… Budget cuts of course.So where will the revenue be made up if property taxes are eliminated?
Who cares? Be fun to watch the Bearaocrates scrambling around to figure it outSo where will the revenue be made up if property taxes are eliminated?
Maybe it can start with stopping the unneeded road construction everywhere, tearing up good roads to put in stupid ass crosswalk rumble strips, or spraying off bridges with water for 3 days, or the random taring and patching of areas that do not need tar or patching, because the road is set to be ground down and redone later in the year.
Don't count your chickens yet. These things have a way of not going through even when it feels like they will.Bout time. Should pass this time. A lot of no votes last time are surely yes now. They have taxed the living hell out of people. It has to end
THAT is the primary reason I will vote in favor of property tax elimination.So where will the revenue be made up if property taxes are eliminated?
Oil revenue, currently our state punishes the oil companies with an enormous tax burden, a great percentage of that goes into this legacy fund, that is busting at the seems and about ready for Burgum to give it to the good of our country.Yeh, sure seems like a great idea to let let our legislators and politicians in Bismarck decide how to make it work, keep drinking the cool-aid ! That seems like a terrible idea idea with the competency level thats in our state legislator, especially now that we have a continuous round of greenhorns down there with the term limits that got voted in. Just remember that the people that are in Bismarck playing politics aren't necessarily the best or brightest representing our state, but instead those that can go play in Bismarck for 4 months every two years. That eliminates most of the best or brightest people that should be down there because those individuals cann't go play that game.........
I'd rather leave it to local control where atleast my next door neighbor, local business guy, or local person that has a stake in the game has a chance to do whats best for my local community, schools, and county. Theres a bunch of bright individuals in our state can make time to be in local offices and boards (many choose not to) but generally cann't set aside 4 months of there lives to hang out in Bismarck. If you want little Minneapolis, the Ag community, and commission on aging (aka the retired) to control funding for the whole state, just keep this one moving forward as it is...................Make no mistake, you won't be paying less taxes at the end of the year. I don't love property taxes anymore than anyone else, but I understand the reasoning, basis, and having at-least a chance for local control and local accountability of my tax dollars.
I'm not anyway saying the system is fair, because there's no way I or anyone else should pay more just because we choose, or can afford to own and keep up a nicer property. Doesn't matter if my property is worth a million dollars and the neighbors is work 100k, we get the same school, county, township, and emergency services. The current system is more based on your ability to pay, not based on the services you receive. So, although it may seem like I'm against the abolishment of property taxes, that's not necessarily the case. I just don't want it left up to the politicians in Bismarck to decide the funding formula. Bottom line, if the backers of this bill want it to be taken serious, have a proposal of how property taxes will be replaced, don't leave it up to our Bismarck politicians.