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What a Bunch of Crap
Gov Scott Walker tells us in his reach out e-mails that people have been sending him gift cards valued at what they have saved on property taxes this year. No one told me that property taxes went down. In fact our taxes went up $200.
Property taxes in fact did go down in the State of Wisconsin this year, $47 million Statewide. That amounts to $8.25 per person. The schools have to do with less, is $8.25/person worth that? Wonder what Scott is going to do with that $8.25? Probably give a bigger tax break to corps. They are hurting. 2/3s of the businesses in Wisconsin pay no State taxes. So why are we still the State losing more jobs than anyone else. They don't like dairy products or something?
My guess is that $47 million was saved by businesses. So where are the jobs that are supposed to be created from this?
Property taxes in fact did go down in the State of Wisconsin this year, $47 million Statewide. That amounts to $8.25 per person. The schools have to do with less, is $8.25/person worth that? Wonder what Scott is going to do with that $8.25? Probably give a bigger tax break to corps. They are hurting. 2/3s of the businesses in Wisconsin pay no State taxes. So why are we still the State losing more jobs than anyone else. They don't like dairy products or something?
My guess is that $47 million was saved by businesses. So where are the jobs that are supposed to be created from this?
I find the assault on free thought disturbing,
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
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Like I said, we didn't see any decrease but rather an increase. I expect that most are in the same boat. I hope when he gives his next address he mentions that he has brought down State property taxes. Everyone is going to say HUH?
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
Imagine no unions, no minimum wage, no EPA, no regulations at all. The wealth will flow unabated till the top 1% are scratching each others eyes out for the best position to take in the flow of cash. Like bears at Russian River Falls, on the Kenai.
I could be wrong, but I believe the majority of property tax in a given location is assessed at the local level (vs. the state level) based on other taxable property in the nearby village, city or town. It also can be affected by improvements in your district...new roads, repaving roads, curb, gutter, sidewalk etc.
In all honesty my tax bill has only varied plus or minus $150 - $200 from my first property tax bill 11 years ago.
I wonder if that's because of all your storm damage. Don't forget schools, they are a huge part of it. They can only get so much and that's less than they had before due to cuts in State aid. Is eight twenty five/person worth it?
No improvements in the township over the last year. It's directly (I think) a result of the school district. Maybe the schools by you are cheaper to run now after getting rid of more lazy overpaid teachers and having cleaned it out of illegal immigrant children.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
I won't know since I'm moving west.
Moved to Montana, gonna be a dental floss tycoon.
Anyway we were able to file an appeal on our assessed value, doesn’t do $hit for now, but might help next year.
Yeah, I wish my house was worth as much as the tax assessors think! Bastages. I don't mind paying my fair share in taxes, but believe me, I know how much my house is worth as two neighbors have sold in the past couple of months and they got about $30K less than my assessed value.
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By the way, am I the only one who encountered brain-hurting lapses of logic in this paragraph?
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This year our homeowners insurance policy's insured value doubled. The insurance company said that the original appraiser had failed to note that 3/4 of the house (the two older sections) have stone foundations and solid log exterior and interior walls beneath the siding and interior plaster, that the old barn is solid post and beam construction with stone foundations and that the "garden shed" he noted was actually a stone spring house. The new appraiser did note these things, and the insurance policy covers replacement with "like materials".
Surprisingly, the premium went up only 4 or 5%.