property tax/property appraised value
One of my neighbor who built her house in the past 10 years in Austin, Texas has to pay $16,500 property tax last year. She told me that it may be cheaper for her to rent an apartment instead.
I don't mind to pay my fair share tax as long as the top 1% also pay their fair share (such as GE).
Last edited by YouKnowWho; 04-15-2011 at 01:08 PM.
Last edited by MasterKiller; 04-15-2011 at 01:15 PM.
Of course Austin has high taxes, we have a tax and spend liberal City Council.
And they have to pay other people to do their jobs! Ask your friend to look into how much they pay out of town "consultants" every year to make decisions they are elected to make. It's ridiculous. And when we had brain-dead Gus Garcia as Mayor, we often had to pay double. See, when the consultants drew conclusions he didn't agree with, he would simple hire another consultant who was more agreeable with him. Why he didn't just enact the policies he wanted in the first place and just saved the money he wasted on consultants is beyond me.
Those idiots also cancelled the "Trail of Lights" this year because of lack of funds (it costs the City $400,000). Of course right before that they announced they were giving $500,000 to support the homeless (ie bums) community here.
Considering the tax base we have in this City, a retarded monkey could run it at a surplus every year without even trying.