tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post2660905312865989101..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: ...Never Met A Tax He Wouldn't Hike...Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-41546909392581239652010-01-09T20:01:21.462-05:002010-01-09T20:01:21.462-05:00In 1996, Oklahoma passed a cap law: the taxable va...In 1996, Oklahoma passed a cap law: the taxable value of property cannot increase more than 5 percent in any calendar year unless there have been substantive improvements to the property or the ownership has changed.<br /><br />This does not cap the tax <em>rate</em> itself; however, since each component of the overall millage is spelled out in the annual tax bill, it's not hard to find out who's playing Big Spender.<br /><br />In my county, about 94 percent of property owners fall under the cap; in my particular taxing district, the actual tax rate has gone up 11.6 percent since 2000.<br /><br />WV: "Solaboro," a town for individualists.CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-31816879149756767982010-01-09T18:44:42.176-05:002010-01-09T18:44:42.176-05:00D.W.: Within certain limits, the largest of which ...D.W.: Within certain limits, the largest of which is Pat-the-Boss Bauer, Democrat, Speaker of the House and a frequent impediment.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-52488277618110613302010-01-09T15:19:51.681-05:002010-01-09T15:19:51.681-05:00Do you mean to say your state legiscritters actual...Do you mean to say your state legiscritters actually <i>do what they're told</i>?!<br /><br />If it wasn't that Mrs. Drang would kill me over the winter climate, we'd be moving to Indiana this afternoon.<br /><br />WV: hampang. What you feel when there's not enough bacon.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-49238408543708866212010-01-09T11:48:41.954-05:002010-01-09T11:48:41.954-05:00If the gov would stick to the things the gov is su...If the gov would stick to the things the gov is <i>supposed</i> to do, we wouldn't need income and property taxes.<br /><br />But then I'm preaching to the choir.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-22911693687306433012010-01-09T10:59:44.302-05:002010-01-09T10:59:44.302-05:00"...despite fretting over possible 'damag..."...despite fretting over possible 'damage to essential services...'"<br /><br />Like that $40 million/year for the Indianapolis Colts?Old Grouchhttp://oldgrouch.mee.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-46914710710518824002010-01-09T10:16:08.399-05:002010-01-09T10:16:08.399-05:00I'm hard pressed to decide which I find more d...I'm hard pressed to decide which I find more desperately offensive: property tax, wherein the government claims to own everything and makes you pay rent to them to use it, or income tax, where the government claims to own <b>you</b> and merely lets you keep some portion of your wages they so magnanimously allow.<br /><br />Probably the latter, but damn it's a close race.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.com