53. PROPERTY TAXES: In California in 1977 the
citizens passed the Proposition 13 that limited the property tax to 1% of the
assessed value, and increases to be no more than 2% a year. That Proposition
needs to be implemented in ALL the states.
Right now in Los Angeles, the mayor decided he wanted more money,
telling home owners that he was adding $18/mo to the charge for Trash
Collection, so he could hire 1000 more police, great, but he only hired 500
police officers (Hispanics of course). He got away with that for a few months, and took in
some $136 million, so what happened to the extra money? Well raises for some
city employees, then feeling empowered, he now plans to raise the Trash
collection fee to about $45/mo. In 2003 the fee was about $6/mo.
These taxes were not voted
on by the citizens; just a backdoor stealing from the citizens. If I still
lived in Los Angeles, I’d let my trash build up on the curb, or dump it on the
City Hall lawn. Americans we just have to fight back to these typical
politicians.
Right now in most cases when you buy a
home, and make payments on a 30 year plan, by the end of the 30 years when you
pay off the home, the Property Taxes are equal to what your monthly payment
were for the “loan and taxes” at the time or the original purchase. However
that “2% only” related to the tax on the assessed value, not on other Voted
Indebtedness’s, which in California is over half of our tax bill, so we are
still seeing larger increase each year than that 2% figure.
My taxes are about $625 in
2007, now for 2008, $731, the additional assessments
are $700, and rising every year. So I’ve been paying $1312/yr because I’m a
senior, if I were younger, or an new home buyer I’d be paying about $5000/yr
taxes, about $100/week just in property taxes. Recently the city informed us
our property taxes use to pay for the street lights, but now that will be an additional
$80/yr. How did we vote on that, we were mailed a letter, and if we didn’t
respond to say NO, the tax was passed. While our taxes paid for those lights
before, now we have a tax increase. There was no real vote to see if we
approved in the increase, we were just told if we didn’t approve to pay more,
the lights would be turned off. Tax increases like this happen all over our
nation, hidden from the citizens, and enacted by some very innovative
politicians. There are 13 additional taxes added on to my property tax.
Above and beyond what my already property tax was suppose to pay for. We have a law in California that to pass some
new law the vote has to be approved by more than 67% of the voters, only
recently they are telling us if a tax in considered an emergency then only
50.1% is needed to pass the bill. Guess how many bills will be considered
Emergency taxes. You know the answer.
Over, and over the taxpayer is screwed. This must also end. I
will bring this property tax control to all the citizens. I want “you” to
control your property taxes, and will help all of you in each state come up
with a plan to do this. If you are renting, as half our citizens do, then the
property owner must reduce your rent minus the property tax they are no longer
paying. Then let’s only tax income, earned in that state, so that when someone
votes for some state or local funded project that everyone can see that it is
going to cost them money to receive that benefit. Right now renters think more
schools, great; more welfare, great; more anything that only the homeowner
pays. Lets be realistic, in many areas the owner of property for rent is restricted
to raising rents, while all other costs of ownership go up.
While each state has control of this tax, I will inform you
citizens of the importance of this tax program so voters can enable tax control
in their own states. It’s time for the
taxpayer to revolt. We need to reduce the salary of our elected officials. They
are paid way too much. Of course we are told that we have to pay good wages to
get good help. I’d like to hear from you citizens as to where any government
employee sitting on their behind, is worth more than $60,000/yr. Congress and
the Senate are paid $14,500/month, do they feel our pain, of course not. Do you
feel the pain of inflation? Sure you do.