I'm not calling you scared, or anything else for that matter.... I'm just trying to get the message out that the sky in fact is not falling. The money that your local political subdivision took in from property taxes is to be replaced by money from the state.... How your local government spends those funds is none of my business because I probably don't live where you do, and is a problem for the voters of your city/town/county/township etc... don't like the way they spend money, vote them out...
I think the majority of people on here recognize the need for SOME taxes.... I do. For me this has nothing to do with "sticking it to the government and everything to do with the fact that I never truely own my home/property. Even when I do manage to get it all paid off, if I fall on hard times, the way it sits now, the county can and will take it from me.... I'm perfectly fine with helping pay to maintain roads, keep the school open, etc... If this passes, I will gladly cut a check every year equivelent to what I currently pay in property taxes to help with all that as long as it is necessary.... Necessary being the key word here....
I actually agree with you on most points and agree completely that taxes are way out of line. But the short of it is the government will find their funding, especially the way it’s written that we have to maintain the current level of spending. From the minot daily news, rep Houge-R said “Legislature would find $3.15 billion to replace property taxes by using money already being given to political subdivisions, spending from the state’s rainy day accounts and raising sales, income and gas taxes…It’s unlikely that we would do across the board cuts because that’s just not good judgment…Hogue said of the total in his scenario. “My point is, we’re not halfway there yet and we’ve already had 10% increases in our taxes, 5% general fund decrease. So we have to find somewhere else besides new taxes and budget cuts”.
That’s the proposed scenario and it still doesn’t cover the bill to fund us to 2024 levels.
It’s already laid out that we’re just going to pay out the ass elsewhere, and city specials can still boot you out of your home if you fall on hard times.
And Fester, Dr Becker had no answer to what this means for the economy and local businesses when the rest of the bill has to be picked up by increasing gas taxes, agricultural taxes, and commercial taxes. He said the state could make up any lost revenue by dipping into its reserve funding. Quote: “The state easily has the money”.
Not good enough for me. You are obviously brilliant and know the ins and outs of the bill so please explain how that will look and what you think the ramifications will be to our local businesses.
