California’s budget deficit is projected to be $24 billion. Florida’s is a $21.8 billion surplus. There’s a reason why Florida is gaining population and California is losing it…by the way, it’s not exactly popular to propose reparations in a 95% non black state and to allow homeless to be lawless.
Texas has a projected $32.7 billion budget surplus. They are figuring out how to spend some of those monies of which lowering property taxes is one area.
Texas relies heavily on sales tax for its budget. That means when there is inflation, tax revenues go up. Texas also gets a lot of taxes from the oil and gas sector. And property taxes are pretty high in TX.
Texas underfunds education (ranked 38th) and social services spending (ranked 42nd).
So, when you spend very little on education and social services and have high taxes on consumption and property in a state where there is strong population growth and rising real estate prices, you can easily get a pretty big budget surplus.
As far as property taxes go NJ is one of the worst, and our roads suck. Some of the local school systems are excellent, but after the kiddos are out of school it hardly seems worth it. I liken it to a country club with high dues, if you use the services it can be nice, and seem worth it. After a while though you realize you are simply funding a broken system.
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California’s home values are hyper inflated - you have shacks going for millions. Also, it’s far better for high earners to pay high property taxes instead of a 13% income tax
Exactly. There’s one district with phenomenal public schools, but it’s completely different than the rest of the US. Average income is probably $200k (technically lower but I think that includes students), it’s almost 100% white and Asian, and most public schoolers are the kids of professors at a…how should I put it…a college rojo knows a lot about
Essentially all the states collect some combination of property taxes, sales tax, and income tax. And they provide public schools, public roads, and public safety. So if you don't want to pay these taxes, decide which of the three expenditures you want to defund. Or, you can resolve to be a freeloader and let other people pay your way.
Cities, counties, states/provinces, towns and countries set numerous tax laws to:
1) raise revenue;
2) encourage behavior;
3) discourage behavior.
People are not fools for living in a state in which they must pay more than 2% property tax. If a person has a skill which requires an individual to live and work in New Jersey or Illinois, and said skill will not be compensated anywhere near what a person will get paid in New Jersey or Illinois, a person, most likely will live in New Jersey or Illinois during their working years.
Eg. It is better to work at Chicago Board of Trade for one million dollars per year than to live in Alabama and earn zero dollars per year for some people.
Was looking at an out of state vacation home. Everything looked perfect until I noticed the property tax was 2% of the home. That’s ridiculous. I pay $1200 a year on a 1.5 million dollar home. Why aren’t you people overthrowing your state governments?
My kids are adults, we're from NY State but they both live in "low tax" states. They notice what they don't have that we have in NY.
Among them are the care for the roads, things like that.
You get what you pay for. I can't imagine actually CHOOSING to live in Florida or Texas, Nevada, places like that.
Heh, that's BS. We certainly don't 'get what we pay for' in California. The roads are full of trash, the medians are unmowed and untaken care of. I did a road trip last October from my home in San Jose, CA to Maine and back again. One thing I noticed is that California, for all the gotdam money we pay in gasoline tax for highways, we get ZERO flocking maintenance of our roads. It's disgusting to see the trash lining the freeways here. I now call this place Trashifornia. Makes me wanna puke. Why do all those other states in between CA and ME have the ability to take care of the medians and pick up the trash and CA doesn't?!
I WANT EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVICES, NICE ROADS, GOOD SCHOOLS, SAFE COMMUNITIES!!! I ALSO WANT TO NOT PAY ANY TAXES!!! WHY CAN'T I HAVE WHAT I WANT?
This sarcasm is misplaced. We actually did have all of those things you listed about 30 years ago - while only paying half in prop taxes. Gov officials and administrator salaries have been increasing
LMFAO. We had *safe communities* during the crack-fueled gang banger era?? Is that what you claim? OMFG look before you post.
Was looking at an out of state vacation home. Everything looked perfect until I noticed the property tax was 2% of the home. That’s ridiculous. I pay $1200 a year on a 1.5 million dollar home. Why aren’t you people overthrowing your state governments?
Was looking at an out of state vacation home. Everything looked perfect until I noticed the property tax was 2% of the home. That’s ridiculous. I pay $1200 a year on a 1.5 million dollar home. Why aren’t you people overthrowing your state governments?
My kids are adults, we're from NY State but they both live in "low tax" states. They notice what they don't have that we have in NY.
Among them are the care for the roads, things like that.
You get what you pay for. I can't imagine actually CHOOSING to live in Florida or Texas, Nevada, places like that.
Ok I have to step in here.
I'm from Texas but live in CT and have lived in NY.
The roads definitely aren't better in NY or CT than Texas.
Property taxes are pretty high in Texas but no income tax. Overall NY is the worst in taxes. Then CT then Texas.
Property taxes are pretty insidious. Where I live in CT, home values have risen so much there are some old timers getting priced out because of the taxes. That is ridiculous. There needs to be basic protections that the property taxes can only go up so much relative to inflation.
If you move to an area and buy your homestead you shouldn't suffer because other people decide they want to move there.
Was looking at an out of state vacation home. Everything looked perfect until I noticed the property tax was 2% of the home. That’s ridiculous. I pay $1200 a year on a 1.5 million dollar home. Why aren’t you people overthrowing your state governments?
People in California would of course argue that legislation like Prop 13, while protecting long times owners from being taxed out of their home, also keeps supply exceedingly low which ends up raising the value of homes overall. Clearly no easy answers.
Property taxes are pretty insidious. Where I live in CT, home values have risen so much there are some old timers getting priced out because of the taxes. That is ridiculous. There needs to be basic protections that the property taxes can only go up so much relative to inflation.
Not capped relative to inflation, but in MA property tax revenue on existing structures can't go up by more than 2.5%/year without a vote by the city/town (the real world affect is that most of the time the tax rate goes down but the amount everyone pays goes up). Even with those protections, the old timers complain that they're getting priced out. They also complain about any new development, which is the main way a town can increase revenues.
Was looking at an out of state vacation home. Everything looked perfect until I noticed the property tax was 2% of the home. That’s ridiculous. I pay $1200 a year on a 1.5 million dollar home. Why aren’t you people overthrowing your state governments?
My kids are adults, we're from NY State but they both live in "low tax" states. They notice what they don't have that we have in NY.
Among them are the care for the roads, things like that.
You get what you pay for. I can't imagine actually CHOOSING to live in Florida or Texas, Nevada, places like that.
I'm not sure you could have chosen a worse example. I have no desire to live in Florida, but FL roads are generally in much better condition than those in the Northeast. This probably has to do more with climate than with property tax rates.
It is also telling that your adult kids have chosen to live in "low tax states," despite their awareness of what you have in New York.
Was looking at an out of state vacation home. Everything looked perfect until I noticed the property tax was 2% of the home. That’s ridiculous. I pay $1200 a year on a 1.5 million dollar home. Why aren’t you people overthrowing your state governments?
LOL that is such low tax on a $1.5M home. If you think that is high, you must live in true backwater.
If $100 per month is a decision-maker for you, it sounds like you're simply not in the market for a home over $1M.
Next time you think you are a "U.S. Citizen" you may want to look up the definition for "United States" within the Internal Revenue Code found at 26 USC 7701(a)(9) and 26 USC 7701(a)(10). Unless you are a resident of Washington DC or were born or naturalized in Washington DC you are NOT a "U.S. Citizen". Most Americans have been played for fools for far too many years with "taxes" (extortion). Self-employed? Get 1099s? You may want to look up the definition within the Interval Revenue Code for "trade or business" found at 26 USC 7701(a)(26).
It is a public office (federal worker). So, unless you are a federal employee or have a business within the UNITED STATES (i.e. Washington DC) you should not be filing tax returns on non-federal, self-employed earnings. The problem is most Americans are not reading what the law says and the Truth is written right within their publications. Have a federal pension or work for the government? You need to stop filing 1040s and fill out the proper form which is the 1040NR. Remember, most of you are non-resident aliens and most of you do not reside, were born or naturalized in Washington DC. Anyone with even a few years of paralegal work know what I am writing is FACT. Don't take my word for it though, do you due diligence. I have already listed the sources. The IRS is one of the most corrupt organizations on earth.
Next time you think you are a "U.S. Citizen" you may want to look up the definition for "United States" within the Internal Revenue Code found at 26 USC 7701(a)(9) and 26 USC 7701(a)(10). Unless you are a resident of Washington DC or were born or naturalized in Washington DC you are NOT a "U.S. Citizen". Most Americans have been played for fools for far too many years with "taxes" (extortion). Self-employed? Get 1099s? You may want to look up the definition within the Interval Revenue Code for "trade or business" found at 26 USC 7701(a)(26).
It is a public office (federal worker). So, unless you are a federal employee or have a business within the UNITED STATES (i.e. Washington DC) you should not be filing tax returns on non-federal, self-employed earnings. The problem is most Americans are not reading what the law says and the Truth is written right within their publications. Have a federal pension or work for the government? You need to stop filing 1040s and fill out the proper form which is the 1040NR. Remember, most of you are non-resident aliens and most of you do not reside, were born or naturalized in Washington DC. Anyone with even a few years of paralegal work know what I am writing is FACT. Don't take my word for it though, do you due diligence. I have already listed the sources. The IRS is one of the most corrupt organizations on earth.
Hmm
26 U.S. Code § 7701 wrote:
(9) United States The term “United States” when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia.
(10) State The term “State” shall be construed to include the District of Columbia, where such construction is necessary to carry out provisions of this title.
So the term "State" includes DC but is not equivalent to DC. Otherwise, why would they specify plural "States" in the previous entry? And why would they refer to "States" and CD separately? And a US citizen is
14th Amendment wrote:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
so it would appear that you don't have to be born in DC to be a US citizen.
