Federal judge blocks Guard from Portland’s “peaceful” riots; protestors plan ugliest attack yet; Supreme Court takes case that could upend local graft; and Sharpie proves U.S. can outmake everyone.
Kudos to Sharpie! Jay Jones, the Democrat candidate for Virginia Attorney General, texted that he wants to kill his political opponents and their kids. Not a single Democrat, including Governor candidate Abigail Spanberger, has called for him to drop out. Team blue is still heavily favored to sweep Virginia’s upcoming election. You can’t sing kumbaya with people who want you dead. Anyone pushing “both sides” false equivalencies will continue to lose credibility.
"The most important part of the Jay Jones story is his rage was triggered by the fact that *a moderate Republican said nice things about a moderate Democrat when the Democrat died*
That's what caused him to want to shoot the Republican House speaker: the Republican was collegial."
He was also arrested for doing 116mph in a 45 zone. Got off with 1k hours of community service, which he used on his campaign (a big no/no) and misrepresented how he served it. 🤬
I’m a Virginian and I swear I don’t see how blue is going to win. Especially after the last 4.5 years. Why would we get YOUNGKIN elected only to reverse everything? Why won’t the black community rally around Winsome Sears?? Spanberger is a commie bitch. If she wins it might be because they cheated.
I’ve already voted in Virginia for the Republican ticket. Virginia is not Spamberger’s dream sanctuary state and we do not approve of the vile language Jay Jones has used. I suspect that the race is tighter than the MSM would lead you to believe.
I’m up in NoVA…so so many crazy libs loving Spamberger while wearing their masks still……..My entire family will vote for Sears. The silent majority must vote!
You are doing the Lord's work, Nova mom. Once Juli Briskman, the AWFL from my old neighborhood, got elected to Loudoun County Supervisors for giving Trump motorcade the finger (and that was literally her only "qualification"), I knew it was time to skedaddle for sunny Florida. You who stay and fight are to be commended.
Thank you neighbor. Yup - she went to my previous church - I was acquainted with her. Disgusting behavior to say the least. Grew up in NJ - love the weather in VA…FL too hot …Going to try and fight for now :-) I think more people are waking up
Let’s hope so. I have to believe parents would Not vote for scum that allows men in women’s sports and bathrooms. And she wrote the bill. She’s mentally deranged. And she has daughters. wtf??
The big thing to overcome is to get lifelong Dems to vote for someone other than a Dem. I suspect a great many Dem voters don't follow what is going on in most politics, they just automatically press the button for whoever has a D by his or her name. Too bad the R's can't get more people out in to the black communities to discuss Sears in particular, as well as make the case for the R's remaining in office.
Bullseye! Even as a child in the 1970s, my father would say to his Dem relatives they would vote for Hitler if he was a dem before ever voting R. And they would just answer him that would never happen because no one that bad is a dem!! You can't make this stuff up.
And Jay Jones got out of a speeding ticket crime in a very dodgy way. I believe he was going something like 116 mph in a 70 mph zone! I'll try to find a link.
Maybe the press is trying to do like they did with the Trump-Hillary election. Remember there was no way that Trump was going to win. Hopefully, their reporting will push Republicans to vote en masse. As Trump said, "Too big to rig."
This is what they did in the Detroit area ["Wayne County"] during the Trump-Hillary election. I know this due to a discussion with an observer for Trump during the Jill Stein recount there:
Boxes marked by poll workers:
Trump 25
Hillary 275
Boxes opened and counted:
Trump 175
Hillary 125
That's why the recount was stopped; it was easy to see the misdeeds of the poll workers.
And... what did the "outsider nerd" republican governor do? He could have sent people to jail. Instead, he opted for "more training."
Yea. Jones on some Che Guevara ish. His reasoning matches Guevara's thinking:
"We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it: to his home, to his centers of entertainment; a total war. It is necessary to prevent him from having a moment of peace, a quiet moment outside his barracks or even inside; we must attack him wherever he may be; make him feel like a cornered beast wherever he may move. Then his moral fiber shall begin to decline. He will even become more beastly, but we shall notice how the signs of decadence begin to appear."
We thought then we would make some discreet inquiries amongst old colleagues and try to find out what Spanberger actually accomplished during her relatively brief tenure at CIA. They are presented here in sanitized form to make sure we are not divulging anything that may still be considered classified.
“She was a revolving door resume builder. Nothing of substance at all. The five-year hire plan.”
VA too. I fear because this is the biggest race this year, and Trump has not yet put in place voting integrity measures, the bolsheviks know this is their last big chance to cheat. We heard Jason Mayoris speak at a small business meeting in Frederick County, and had a chance to talk with him. God guy
Let’s make it harder to cheat! Did you know proof of citizenship is not required to register to vote? They just check a box on the form. That’s how people like the illegal superintendent get away with it. Let the Election Assistance Committee know you want this to change. Require proof. They are requesting comments now. Follow this link to give them your opinion. https://www.regulations.gov/document/EAC-2025-0236-0001
In CA, it was uncovered that a dog was registered to vote and actually voted twice. The owner of the dog should be jailed, and anyone who sallowed this to happen.
Mine too, mostly high school and college friends. All AWFULS. There’s a bond that’s hard to ignore. They all live in the burbs of Portland, right where they grew up (except for the college friend, she didn’t grow up there).
I also have no liberal friends. However, I'm sad to say my 3 siblings and all their families are as blue as they come. Fortunately, we don't live near each other so we manage to avoid political discussions and have kept the family peace.
So sad no Dems are calling for this guy to withdraw. These weren’t vague put downs, or something he said as a teenager. This guy was an adult, elected official and had thought it through. How would any Virginian think they’d get justice with him as AG?
'Today, millions of “impossible” pens roll off American lines each day, proving that what we lacked wasn’t muscle — it was imagination.'
Sharpie needs to run an advertising campaign on "the impossible pen." Imagine the reverse Bud Light good will that would create for the company... an anti-boycott boycott could double or triple sales. Especially if they make the pens smell like an "impossible" burger! Make Sharpies Smell Great Again! In America!
Virginia will split, if the Democrats sweep the Governorship and Attorney General races. Arlington, Fairfax and Loudon counties will be a Globalist State. The rest of Virginia will be called South Virginia.
I’m so disgusted with Duckworth. It’s disgusting that her political rhetoric and voting record has basically cancelled out any honorable service in our military. She’s an AWFL extraordinaire.
Yup. Illinois inmate here but in a north county near Wisconsin. Red. That big blue boil on the ass end of Lake Michigan ruins it for all of us. Haven’t been in the city for years.
Why is this not a top line story?? (I mean I know why). This has me so pissed off. If you posted on your social media that you wanted to shoot a legislator in the head and pined that you hoped that his children would die, You better expect a visit from law enforcement. When you have a public megaphone...maybe we should take the liberal approach and start demanding that head shootings and child death are acceptable forms of political violence with no bail required releases...asking for a friend.
Absolutely VILE! Peak leftist rhetoric. This is mainstream thoughts from the left. When they got chalrie, they celebrated. When they missed trump, they were disappointed.
I saw that demon, Jay Jones, with his campaign sign... and I couldn't accept that it was real. It had to be AI... didn't it?
We will see more of this kind of blatant partisan hatred. Scripture has warned us. But while the Church is still here, the HOLY SPIRIT restrains the eventual outcome.
Funny no one arrested yet or identified, conflict is contrived like a colored revolution. Where is Trump saying "Lock 'em up"? We have met the enemy and he is us. Martial law for digital currency.
He is the William Wallace of homeowners. My husband and I were just lamenting yesterday how we will lose our home once he retires due to our property taxes being higher than a monthly mortgage, and unable to be sustained on his retirement income. (For reference we live outside of Blue Chicago, in a modest middle class home, and our property taxes are over $15,000/year now but our home is not of the luxury that such a price implies.)
Edit to highlight a point I shared in a reply below: Any way you look at it, it’s theft. Over the past 20 years they have stolen our retirement and wealth from us. How? By taking $250,000 of my husband’s hard earned money as real estate taxes. Imagine what $250,000 in an interest bearing account would have been worth today? We couldn’t afford BOTH saving AND real estate taxes, so they got our retirement.
Over the past 20 years they have stolen our retirement and wealth from us. How? By taking $250,000 of my husband’s hard earned money as real estate taxes. Imagine what $250,000 in an interest bearing account would have been worth today? We couldn’t afford BOTH saving AND real estate taxes, so they got our retirement any way you look at it. It’s theft.
Our small Illinois town was letting aldermen be eligible for state IMRF pensions while only “working” a few hours a week. That did stop some years ago but plenty of theft still goes on. Looking at our property tax then looking around for any sign of it being used to benefit us.
Juju, you’re just the kind of people we’d love to have in Florida. No state income tax, people are nice with lots of MAGA and DeSantis is trying to get rid of property taxes. Come on down!!! 🦩🇺🇸🦩
I know it would be a difficult decision, but I would move to Texas, Oklahoma or Florida. When you can’t afford where you live for any reason it’s time to make a change.
Yep, we are headed to FL from Ohio for this exact reason. I remember when the "assessed value" was about half of the amount you could sell for..... then they started assessing the taxes based on the last sale and increasing all of the neighboring houses to match..... terrible way to do business.
Prayers that you can keep up with these horrible taxes until you can escape and then I have prayers that you find a wonderful home in your new location. My husband and I left Dallas and moved about 40 miles away where taxes are much cheaper and homes are a better value and most importantly, God is reverenced. When we went out to dinner, the first week we were here, I noticed that the sheriff cars all had “ in God we trust” on the bumpers and I said, “we have moved to the right place.” Also, the county judge put an article in the local newspaper (This was at the height of ) and said, “we do not require masks anywhere in this county because people are adults and have constitutional rights and we depend on them to do the right thing!”
At that level of taxation a house in not an 'investment', it's a liability. And the best thing to do is always drop a liability while there is still a market for said item.
This is the key to financial success. Sell the most over-rated items. And buy true value. Do this before 'the public' catches on.
But where do you put that money? We can’t afford the cost of renting around here and have to live somewhere. And if it’s not put back into another property within 12 months they will tax it to high heaven.
BTW, our property taxes are $574 this year. We have 2/3 an acre with a 2000 square-foot house. We have lived in this house for 25 years. When we first moved here, the property taxes were a little over $200 a year, so it has gone up… but much lower than many states!
And no… The stereotypes are not right! We don't:
1. Marry our sisters or brothers (ewww 🤢)
2. Not everyone has a pick up truck (wouldn’t mind having one)
3. Not everyone is an Alabama fan… We have Auburn fans also! 🤣
4. Not all of us are redneck… Just some, especially my family! 😜
And I would personally love to import as many conservatives as possible! 🥰
Holy freaking cow, Juju, $15,000 a year is downright evil. I feel bad now for complaining about ours here in OK. It does go up every year, which is bad, but we own 20 acres with a pretty nice 3 BR house and outbuildings, and our tax last year was $2265. Move to Oklahoma! Our governor has been talking about getting rid of state income tax, which would be wonderful. Maybe he will take a cue from Ron DeS and do something about property tax as well. It really is wicked for the govt to make us pay them every year for property we “own”.
I’m old now, but my dad was in the Army and we moved to Oklahoma from Ft Benning when he retired in the 1960’s, so I’ve been here since 6th grade. Didn’t like it much for the first few years, but love it here now!
Well, all I can say is this world is not our permanent home. God is in control and Jesus IS coming back to make all things new and perfect! By the way, how is your son liking his job? I feel like I know the regular commenters here 🥰
It’s outrageous. I live in a rural Illinois county up north and this county is one of the highest property taxed counties in the country. I’m trying to find the benefits around me of this tax grab. It’s a red county for over 150 years.
So sorry! Gosh that's awful. I have been raising heck due to ours going up by $1200 in the 2023 re-assessment but our total bill is still less than $4K...for now anyway. We did successfully recall our County Exec over the property tax issue last week. But it's a blue county overall, and odds of anything but another D taking his place are slim. Our state does have a program that rebates part of the property tax $ for low income seniors, but the income threshold is pretty low, and the legislature did pass a 'freeze' for people over 62, BUT the burden is still ridiculous for everyone else, and ignores the fact that not all seniors are indigent. Both our moms make more money than we do as they have pensions and investment income, and my mom pays $0 property tax as she is in assisted living and no longer owns a car. Her facility does pay property tax though so suppose it's factored in her rent, although several of them in our town did get property tax breaks when they were built. EVERYONE needs to pay attention to local - city and county - as the grift just keeps growing and it's time to fight back.
That makes me so upset for all the hardworking families in Illinois. I keep trying to convince my cousin to get out of that state but it isn’t that easy.
Knowing that your taxes are going into the pockets of illegal aliens is absolutely nauseating and infuriating.
I can't believe how high property taxes are in some areas. It's insane. I do wonder if. property taxes were in place because in the past only property owners had the right to vote.
I look at listed real estate regularly. It's sort of a weird hobby of mine. I look at homes across the US but I'm specifically interested in MI, IL, IN, and OH. We've been living in Texas for 40 yrs and we've always dreamed of returning to our home state of MI some day (both of our families still live there).
I can find plenty of nice homes for sale in IL decently priced but it becomes unattractive as soon as I get to the property tax disclosure section. Ridiculous amounts. On top of that, IL has an income tax as well. We would be cash buyers but between property taxes, insurance, and a state income tax, it totals more than any P&I we've ever paid in our entire adult lives and our first mortgage years ago was @ 12% interest!
MI is just as bad. What I'm seeing is that it's not just housing prices that are crippling young buyers but rather all the local & state taxes that now are much more than the P&I amount.
To add insult to injury, most homeowners see little to no benefit for their property tax $'s. Crappy roads, crappy school districts, along with rising crime rates. What exactly are homeowners getting out of it?
They are getting bloated bureaucracies that don't add any value... but just suck people's hard earned money to pay for grifters who sit around and try to figure out how to come up with new and innovative ways to tax their constituents.
High tax. Worst school test scores in the county. Crappy roads too. Rising crime. 8 cars in one single family driveway every night across the street. But my husband was ordered to get on the sidewalk by a cop when he was walking on the street. He told the cop unless he is arresting him, he’s walking in the street. We walk in the street because the sidewalks are so bad they are a walking hazard and sidewalks end in the middle of the block sometimes.
And you are not moving...why? You know there is a beautiful world out here. You have your choice of so many wonderful places.
And, I don't care to hear the "why" of how you refuse to succeed. Sell now, live in a trailer and drag it somewhere to stay until you find your dream home.
Easy to say and imagine but there ARE situations where it’s not possible. You “don’t want to hear it” but I’m going to explain it anyway. My husband is blue collar and has 2-4 years to retirement. He has to stay within driving distance of his union. Everything within 60-90 minute drive is the same or more expensive than what we presently pay. Nobody will hire a 60 year old man at the same hourly rate he gets as a general foreman with the same benefits if he tries to get a new job elsewhere (after 38 years with one company.)
We priced out what renting for the next couple years would cost and even a shoebox house in a lesser safe neighborhood is more than our mortgage, RE taxes, and insurance are combined, for 1/3 the space. Rents are ridiculous around here. We actually are in the cheapest option in our area for now even though RE taxes are killing us.
Plus our mortgage only has 2.3% apr. We doubled up our payments to get it paid down quicker.
Trailer? Around here? It’s not like Texas in the burbs of Chicago or we’d maybe entertain that idea. But still storage units to store our home in the meantime are a nosebleed expense. Just a 10x15 unit is over $235/mo and we would easily need at least four of them to store everything until we can go elsewhere.
In the end all the costs of trying to get out of this situation at most saves MAYBE $100-$200/month but we lose the power of building equity, $1200/year is not enough savings to go through all the headaches.
You can’t judge others based on what things cost in a lesser expensive, rural corner of America. And recently I was in central Texas and saw the prices were the same if not higher. Including rent.
We moved from Fresno to North Central Arkansas at the tip of the Ozarks. The square footage and property taxes flipped. We have 600 more square feet and $600 less in property taxes. (California property taxes are based on purchase price, not appraisal value. Thank goodness for Prop 13!) Arkansas also has a homesteading clause. You get to deduct $500 from your property taxes and after 65 your taxes are locked in unless the millage rate goes up.
That’s another head scratcher. We are a landlocked area, no flood zone, tornados are not common at all, no earthquakes, but our home insurance rose from 1600 four years ago to 2600 this year. They were only 2200 last year. It’s like they are charging all of us for the risks others chose to purchase.
Totally. Fortunately, we left 20 months ago. Insurance here isn’t cheap either. We had a tornado in our are right after we moved here. We were fine, but homes 10 miles southeast of us sustained damage.
We're in central IL and for a 2100sq' home, pay close to 8k in property tax :( What's hard for people to understand, is there are many great people and places in IL...plus, after decades to a lifetime of living, you have deep roots. Many things add to being content...health, safe surroundings, good neighbors, seasons. Things money can't always buy. Plus it's hard to get another home equal in value in red states where good government is a huge bonus. Hard decisions, good luck Juju. Btw, we lived in FL a time...lovely, but I missed the wide open countryside, seasonal changes, slower pace and certainly less traffic that we have here :)
It makes me sad (and angry) that a few misguided, power hungry people can ruin a whole state...pushing good people out! It seems Chicago & Champaign Co control the rest of a basically red state. Best wishes to all in making the decisions & sacrifices you have to make later in life. God bless & goodnight.
Juju - I hear ya, we have the same..... added to all of that is the expense of moving across the country (OH to FL) is about $5k .... something we had to save up for in order to execute the move.
We just moved our son from IL to TX so he could start his new life with his first job out of college. Total moving costs exceeded $7,000. He needed an additional $3,000 since he didn’t have a car and needed that for a down payment. (Most people moving don’t need a car…) He had $8 in his checking account upon graduation. 🤣 His new company covered $5,000 of his expenses but it wasn’t nearly enough. The moving truck alone was $1500, not including gas, lodging and meals, then you have first month’s rent and security deposit. That ate up all the company reimbursement and he still had to buy food and supplies, and pay nosebleed car rental fees until he got the car arranged.
Juju - Thank you for sharing that. Yes, it's theft. And it is contrary to the right of ownership of property. I am in downstate Illinois, in a rural red county, and I have the senior citizen property tax freeze. Otherwise I would have lost my home long ago.
Now I have to figure out how to pay my overdue internet and phone bill by Oct. 20, to avoid being cut off from the outside world. It is very difficult to get by on $900 a month. But I have faith and a positive attitude.
The result of 'Speculation' by co.s like Vanguard and Blackrock, artificially inflating prices by strangling supply. No percentage of these Co.s portfolios should contain any kind of residential real estate. Makes me think this is part of a larger coordinated effort.
We lived in Burr Ridge for 3 years, 2006 - 2009, when my husband was stationed at the reserve center near there. We could afford to rent but not buy, because it was right before the housing bubble burst. The house we were renting had been on the market for $450k, property taxes were $12k. But teachers and first responders made $100k. It is a viscous cycle of taxes and paying government employees enough to be able to afford the cost of living and taxes.
I rent in the city in Chicago and my landlord told me how assessments went up every year. I looked up the property on Zillow. The property tax tripled in the last ten years. Things are not 3 times better than they were in 2014. I don't know what they do with the money... Same goes for the money from legalizing marijuana. All this money coming in and nothing to show for. It stinks on every corner, people smoke on the train, neighbors smoke... you get the idea. They also started taxing groceries a while back. It's not much, but it sure is something when you take it from everybody.
I moved out of Lake County for that reason. Post-COVID house “values” have gone through the roof which gives them license to jack the taxes even higher. Was in that house for 30 years but very happy I moved and surprisingly don’t miss it. Please consider it. That’s a lot of $ to shell out every year. Illinois is broke yet Cook County has not even sent second installment property tax bills out yet due to technical issues.
Trust me we can’t wait to leave. But every financial advisor that looks at our particular circumstances says the best thing we can do is stay right where we are until he retires. It’s the cheapest option at present. Unbelievable. My heart breaks for those less fortunate who will never be able to own their own property.
Juju, you are right where God wants you to be. It took us about 2 years of looking to find our place in the country and get moved. It will be worth waiting for.
Jarvis Gann’s Prop 13, in CA is the only thing saving my sister living in my mama’s 1955, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in a subdivision. House is valued at $1.3ml, but property taxes held at value when last purchased or refinanced.
Liberal states property taxes are insane. My clients in New Jersey are around $17,000. Here in AZ mine are $2,750 on a decently upgraded home and lot size.
I know this lawyer! Believe it or not, he lives in my hometown! Went to school with my daughter. He is a really good guy. He’s been taking on all kinds of civil rights abuse cases since covid.
The injustice has also been framed as a tax on unrealized gains. Indeed it is.
It's akin to that proposal in Congress sometime in the last few years that wanted to tax income on liquid investments based on some expert's opinion 🙄🤬of where the value of the investment would be in the future, not as of the date of filing fedederal income tax docs. Head scratcher.
Worth mentioning again that, in general, meaning the majority of Americans, who work in or have investment income from the *private* sector connected in no way with the federal government (meaning excluding those elected or appointed within the fed gov't, those employed in the fed gov't whether military or civilian, those whose income is from contracts with the fed gov't, and other particular cases) do NOT have a federal income tax liability. Deep, deep rabbit hole. Worth exploring. Cojones required to stand up to the bully agency. But when one knowledgably points to 'their' own Code (USC Title 26) and does not cave the low level bullies ultimately have no argument. They can't escalate to legal personnel because the Code says, in scrambled legalese (your knowledge comes from unscrambling), that you don't owe. Some people who have figured it out don't pay federal income tax. Hoping the truth comes out in full flower in my lifetime.
If I recall correctly this argument about taxes only being owed by “employees” and that term is clearly defined in the tax code as an individual working for the federal government. It does not define an employee as one working for private enterprises. Yes a rabbit hole, one that no one wants to go down first.
A lesser argument but also true. The more applicable/primary argument/s lies buried in definitions - at §7701. (Imagine that. In a complex and arguably convoluted Code the definitions are not stated up front in the early subsections. Nooo. Some 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 subsections later they present the meat. Hm.)
*edit - Might feel like one is first; that's the fear factor. Hardly. There is community where one can find guidance and support, though in the end one does take on the task "alone." Some professionals (CPAs, JDs) are knowlegable in the correct way and for their price can provide guidance. Again, the "taxpayer" (if that's how one identifies) ultimately has to sign docs and communications. Not something to be handed off even to a pro, providing a sense of relief. One has to educate oneself.
Amen. I grow weary of reading almost every day where someone who is in their 80s or 90s got kicked out of their house because they can't afford property taxes. A house they paid for and dished out property taxes for for decades. Reform is much needed in so-called "property taxes." Those advocating for more and more property taxes are usually young pups who think they are going to live forever, and have an unlimited income their entire lives. They don't even think for a second of how these tax schemes screw people who's income doesn't go up while the taxes do. I don't want to choose between eating cat food and paying the state for the "privilege" of living in a house I paid thousands and thousands of dollars for. I've heard some great ideas on reform like including the property taxes in the mortgage all at once and then if you pay off your mortgage you are done. No more property taxes after you have paid off your home. I'm sick of this crap. If states had to cough up the money to reimburse homeowners for homes they foreclose on for "failure to pay property taxes" they may start thinking twice and maybe even figure out some innovative ways to collect these taxes while letting people stay in THEIR HOMES. Our homes don't belong to the flipping state!
Maybe they don’t need as much as they are taking and wasting, let’s start there. And removing true ownership of property bought by an individual citizen as their primary residence is not the way to pay for it. Business taxes on the other hand is taxing not an individual land owner but a company that is earning income from the land they occupy, unlike a primary residence which does not. Even sales taxes and taxing secondary residences make more sense because you can’t lose your life’s savings in your primary property if you choose to not pay them by not buying products, the way you can if you don’t pay RE taxes.
Proper financial management of funds given to operate a local government and wise investing of such to raise more funds is the right way to go so that you can’t rob homeowners. They raise countless millions and billions for pet business ventures constantly, so don’t tell me that same savvy can’t be used to raise money to fund local government services.
I’ll wait until DeSantis presents a workable replacement solution before opining. So far; all political talking points. When asked, miami mayoral candidate Gonzalez said he has no plan, but wants to start a “ conversation.” More nonsense from the actual best candidate for mayor.
I’ve never seen a business case for how local governments would raise the revenue they claim to need if they were forbidden from collecting property taxes.
Sales taxes? Business taxes? Fees?
Don’t get me wrong, I am all for eliminating or at least greatly reducing property taxes…
Sales tax loan could pay all the government expenses if they fired all the government employees making more than 50,000 a year. None of them are even worth that much.
I think there should be land use fees (ala Henry George) but no property taxes on built things. Land wasn't made by anyone, and therefore belongs to all, and there should be a fee for using it...
How do you logically get to user fees paid to the government because land was "not made by anyone and belongs to all".
By that tortured logic, nobody "made" your car because the iron ore turned into steel was never "made" by anyone. The beef or broccoli you eat was never "made" by anyone.
How does government acquire the right to impose fees (taxes by another name) on something no one "made.. and belongs to all"? Government is not "all"; it's certainly not me.
You don't own anything more substantial than your phone, do you? I'll bet you don't have children either.
Also…why do we get charged to park on city streets, i.e. parking meters? We already pay taxes, sales, property, etc.., so why are they charging fees to park on streets that we paid for?
You think land with a home on it, or a farm or a factory or even range land has "zero input from humans"?. Think logically and educate yourself.
And why do you want that land should be owned by "everybody" rather than the persons going back generations who invest time, sweat, treasure to make that land what it is today?
YOU certainly contributed nothing, nor did anyone but the owner. But you think you deserve to benefit? Everyone but socialists (read; adolescents) disagree and always have disagreed. Do you also think the owner should be paid back by "everybody" for the thousands or millions of dollars and countless hours of labor they invested in land that belongs to "everybody"?
People like your hero there only make sense to bitter losers and college sophomores who have not managed to acquire anything of value, but very little sense to adults. And there's a reason.
The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
That blesses me, Nancy! I had this one queued up to share on Saturday, but the Lord switched it up that day . . . which apparently triggered "someone." Have a blessed day!
I wish I understood earlier in life how much power Jesus has given us. It’s amazing, but what’s even more amazing is that this life is but a speck of the miraculous existence those that will be with Him for eternity have. Wow.
Just a thought... why not take these Liberal judges who believe that the protests in various blue areas are "mostly peaceful" and drop them in the middle of these "peaceful protests" for a birds eye view! Oh, and without any private security.
Thinking the same thing. Perhaps the judge could set up her office in the ICE building. That way she could keep an eye on those ICE personnel and watch the peaceful protests up close while she hopes the peaceful people are kept outside.
I know this is Trump country here in C&C land (and I say that as someone who voted for him three times) but what the Guards are doing in Portland is outrageous. Grabbing people who show up at a rally, pinning them down, grabbing their phones and their wallets.
Let’s not abandon our Bill of Rights, just because we want to have a war with the people on the other side.
Thanks Jeff, for continuously putting your neck on the line to help restore the Republic. Your Circadian rhythm patterns would be worthy of study.
Just an observation concerning these wayward street loons and there bellowing leaders.
I have a vague recollection of various liberal whack jobs mostly peacefully bashing, slicing, dicing, spitting on and burning effigies of Trump at the top of every hour, not to mention gleefully toting around his severed bloody head. Now, one of the aformentinoned whack jobs gets portrayed as the Frito Bandito and it's war. Emotionally unstable doesn't even scratch the surface of this level of psychosis.
Stupefying, isn't it? Most of the cars are stolen with a haphazardly duct taped trash bag for a rear window, or they're on a repo list. Let's not even talk about voting. 🙃
My entire labeling of freezer, fridge, and pantry items are with sharpies. Nothing else stays put on ziplock baggies, vacuum seal bags, labels, or freezer tape. Or is as vivid with perfect contrast.
If someone would come over to my house, they would wonder if I had memory loss or something.
I have reminders all over the place. Have used this tactic for decades. Figures it frees up space in the brain to concentrate on other things. Nothing like having that nagging feeling in the back of your head that you are forgetting something.
“causing the country’s county commissions and city councils to jolt like naked cyclists goosed with a cattle prod” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 coffee spit achieved, you rascal. Wiping down my phone screen. 😆
On the VA. AG: no Sunday news show host mentioned Democrat Jay Jones (VA) wanting his political opposition and their children murdered on Meet the Press (NBC), Face the Nation (CBS), This Week (ABC), or State of the Union (CNN). The only reference I ran across was made by former Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, Marc Short on Meet the Press.
Wanted to add that in 2021, Jones called for a Norfolk police lieutenant to be fired after donating $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense fund
No they have not lost their minds. They have made a conscious decision to use any mean possible, particularly violence, to overthrow the constitutional order.
People need to stop this delusion that these people are just misguided souls, they have shown over and over that they are not. I don't know what they are but I suspect it's demonic as at their core is *always* a hatred of White European Christians.
These animals have made it clear that unless they are in charge we will have chaos, death, and destruction. They live for it. Look who supports them, it's not your church attending neighbor but a collection of atheist Jews and Marxist third-worlders. Look at the names of the opponents in Jeff Childers post on property taxes, Karlan, Gornstein, and Adler, quite a coincidence there. It's almost always non-Christians.
South American regimes emptied their prisons and sent the worst of the worst to the US under Biden. Islamists now run Michigan suburbs. Indians are now also becoming a big part of their demonic coalition, and spreading their ethnic tribalism. Notice though they are openly hostile to Christianity, this is by design.
There was a deliberate and intentional flooding of the country with unassimilated barbaric and crime-prone masses to destroy the Christian fabric of the country. This has gone on since the 1960's but massively accelerated in the 2000's.
People need to wake up and stop acting like there's something in the water that's making people go nuts. This is intentional and premeditated. And unless we snap out of it and realize what's going on, the country will be lost. And yes, someone may call you a "racist" for pointing out the obvious. So what? Isn't your kids and grandkids future worth being called a few names?
Never said I did, sir. In fact I respect you. Unless you adhere to islam. I don’t think you do. I just like being white. And ihave no problem saying that. Do I think whites are better than blacks? Yep. But that doesn’t mean I hate you. I’m not one if these guys on here that hate everybody. Do you like being black? Are you proud of your heritage? And , if you had a choice, would you be more comfortable say in a black church, than a white one?
And sorry, but I jumped on Liz loh Taylor? From your page. What a disgusting thing she is. I appreciate you being able to do it. I guess I hate everybody.
First thing is to stop listening to non-Christians, particularly when they are defining morality or what's an acceptable viewpoint.
People get confused on this. Salvation is available to all who accept Christ, once that happens they become our brothers and sisters regardless of their past beliefs, race, background, or whatever. That is the love of Christ.
However, the enemy has twisted this to make Christians think we must be tolerant of other's beliefs before this happens, before repentance. It is a lie from the pit of Hell. It has made Christians weak and willing participants in the destruction of our Christian country.
On that matter, people need to understand that Jews are non-Christian, and are not our spiritual "big brothers". They rejected Christ and are largely influenced by Talmudism and Kabballah, false belief systems developed after the Resurrection that are diametrically opposed to Christianity. We should be attempting to convert them, not letting them influence our culture.
Yet Jewish influence permeates every aspect of the media, entertainment, pop culture, the music industry, all of the things that shape society. Look who runs these companies, another hell of a coincidence. None of it is uplifting or inspiring people to Christian good, but demoralizing and promoting sinful and incredibly self-destructive behavior. Reject all of it and call them out. Christ is King, get behind me demon.
Further, when some Marxist immigrant starts mouthing off about what a terrible place America is, promptly tell them to perform an anatomically impossible act. Tell them to go back where they came from if it's so awful here. Leave and don't come back. Don't be polite or tolerant. Don't excuse it out of some ill-conceived "Christian charity" but give them grief.
This type of stuff moves the Overton Window, and in case people have not noticed it is moving fast in our direction. Saying "America is for Americans" would have gotten people drummed out of society five years ago, now it is becoming commonplace. America is for Americans, our ancestors built it for us as our home, not as some third-world dumping ground or jobs programs.
Things will only change when good people of all colors say enough is enough, and stop acting like timid cowards denying the truth. Thankfully, many are rising to the occasion.
AND, THANK YOU FOR THIS TOO! 2 1/2 minutes of the best education i'v had in a long time. BTW.."Further, when some Marxist immigrant starts mouthing off about what a terrible place America is, promptly tell them to perform an anatomically impossible act. Tell them to go back where they came from if it's so awful here. Leave and don't come back. Don't be polite or tolerant. Don't excuse it out of some ill-conceived "Christian charity" but give them grief". I'm having this printed on business cards and posters!!!
Ok, consider me “snapped out of it” now what? There are a lot of people who are resisting the call to respond to violence with violence and they’re looking for an alternative? Any suggestions?
In my long years on this planet, one of the few things that gets people to rethink their position is a personal "event". Like finally understanding that you need life insurance when your family member or friend dies without it and you see the result. Don't like to respond with violence? wait a minute... and hope that your "event" isn't to costly. Just say'n.
The Lone Wolf nods to Jeff — respect where it’s due. Humor, grit, and honesty all in one morning brew. damn fine reporting today. Every line hit like a morning shot of espresso straight to the soul. Finally, someone calling out the lunacy of judges protecting riots while pretending to keep the peace, and doing it with humor sharp enough to skin hypocrisy alive. The Portland saga alone had me howling — “mostly peaceful” my tail.
And that property tax piece? Bless him for dragging that old scam into the sunlight. Nothing burns my fur like watching counties steal homes over pocket-change taxes and call it “public good.” Jeff nailed it — you don’t own your home, you rent it from the local parasite hive. If this Supreme Court case cracks the grift wide open, it’ll be a bigger win for the people than any election.
And that Sharpie story — chef’s kiss. Proof that American grit still beats the globalist spreadsheet cult. Jeff showed that when we stop outsourcing our backbone, we can outbuild anyone.
In short: hats off, paws up. Jeff’s one of the last real newsmen left — caffeinated, fearless, and blessed with the rarest thing in journalism today — a working sense of humor.
Naked bike-riding protesters... bring on the water cannons. There's nothing like a water cannon enema to make a protester feel like a shitless swollen pretzel.
My thoughts exactly. They won't like being photographed with their public (pubic) display. Can't stop the photography. No expectation of privacy in the great outdoors.
I am THRILLED to read about the "pointed success" of the SHARPIES!!! Kudos to the new CEO for using his BRAIN instead of following the 'official economic narrative' being touted for the past 40 years. I am a LOVER OF MANUFACTURING - I called on mostly manufacturing operations when I was a field sales rep for a national distributor of supplies used in the MRO sector of industry. I could see the "handwriting on the wall" in the early 1980's when, bit by bit, I lost clients because they were shuttering their manufacturing facilities to move their equipment (they sold at a loss) to offshore producers. I thought to myself then...are these upper management people that STUPID to RAPE our country's prized manufacturing prowess just to beef up their "bottom line"??? Well...you know the answer to that query, don't you, friends.
Then...in 2000...upon the birth of my first grandsugar ( I moved lock, stock and barrel from our home in PA to Palm Springs, CA to be close to my son, DIL and new grandchild) I had the 'germ of an idea" to invent and produce a safer version of the 'baby carrier' that I used for my children back in the '60's and '70's. Well...when I got to the actual "sourcing of baby gear manufacturers" - everyone with whom I consulted (product designers, marketing gurus, etc.) pointed me to CHINA. I was livid--there was NO WAY I was going to have my "See Shell Baby Carrier Seat" made by a totalitarian country who suppressed ALL FREEDOMS of their citizens. There had to be some way I could get the See Shell mfd. right here in the good ole U.S.A. Of course, the original numbers crunching revealed the labor costs were much lower offshore--but I could foresee the other difficulties (transportation costs and the language barrier in dealing with Chinese manufacturing contact people) more than offset the "labor costs" bugaboo. I went with a New England manufacturer for the tubular steel handle and attaching the handle to the plastic seat. The plastic seat manufacturer is in WI and I still use them to make just the seat portion which now has been used in a pediatric scales mfd. here in MO by a scales mfr. called Cardinal-Detecto Scale Co.
Manufacturing: I am still mad at politicians who decided to trash jobs here in the US because it didn't affect them. For example, York, PA was the home for manufacturing Pfaltzgraff pottery/dishes for over 200 years when NAFTA was passed and the plant shut down and moved to Mexico. My Aunt who was a supervisor had to train her replacements in Mexico. The plant was the major employer for the town and without it, the town lost a piece of its soul. The kilns there had to be run 24/7/365. I remember during a blizzard my grandmother made chicken soup to feed the skeleton crew that was keeping the fires going. My aunt lost her job as well as her husband. The whole trajectory of their lives changed all because some elites decided that we didn't need manufacturing in the US.
Grrr! Those elites were part of the deep state/globalist cabal that has been revealed over these past few years. Evil skeevy bastages. Praise God for President Trump and other patriots who are doing something about it!
Proves that all of us have the protential to be deceived. I was listening to Rush Limbaugh shortly before he had to leave his show because of cancer. He had realized that the RINO-UniParty (including the Bush family) had used him to push their agenda knowing that if Rush told conservatives, we would believe him.
ElRushbo lost me when began pushing NAFTA-GATT as a good thing back around 1990. I still listened occasionally because he was the cleanest shirt in the basket and had a wickedly funny sense of humor, but always with awareness that he was capable of making globalism sound like Paradise...
Or as susceptible to deception as the rest of us. I miss him and a local radio personality that died during COVID. His name was Phil Valentine. He also had a great sense of humor. He was the reason I enjoyed my commute home from week each day.
Judge Karin Immergut. Isn't that special. Another Karen whose name means "always well". In this case, she is not well. Trump has the authority. I think this is leading to the firm calling of the Insurrection Act.
Yes, in Trump's defense, imagine being an outsider coming into a megalithic government and needing to make untold numbers of appointments. There's no way Trump could know anything at all about the majority of them, and he had to rely on advice from what turned out to be untrustworthy people.
Don't be silly. Trump was a CEO of private enterprise. Anyone who worked for the company knew their roles and the limits of their authority. He walked into a vipers nest living under the illusion of the same parameters of employment that happens in the private sector.
If you have never worked for the government with the civilian attitude of "long after you are gone, I will still be here", then there is no way on earth that you could possibly understand what he was in. If you have never had staff who did not understand the limits of their own authority and where that authority came from, then you can never understand what was going on in trump 1.0. If you have never had staff knifing you in the back, then you are still incapable of understanding.
I have done all but my experience was on a smaller level. Trump trusted people who smiled to his face and knifed him in the back.
I would say that he knew he would be betrayed by deep state actors and the useful idiots who carry water (and pens) for them, but that he was probably amazed at how deeply broken and corrupted the system was. But part of the larger plan is to put the spotlight on those whose corruption needs to be thrust out into the light of day, and the rotten system overall. Sometimes a "loss" is a "win" if given enough time...
You're either a dimwitted blackpiller, or a troll spreading your FUD. The fact that you're here in this thread space spewing crap like that, has me thinking it's the latter.
How could he have with a made up name like that? He thought he could figure it out himself last time. He might still but he's garnered a better troop so far.
If we can send the NATIONAL Guard to Iraq and Afghanistan, we can sure as hell send it to PORTLAND. Please bring back insane asylums with daily pickup service.
Can't help but think about the Martha's Vineyard National Guard deployment when a handful of illegals/asylum seekers showed up and were deported out of there in a day or two. It was weird to watch the natives expressing love and support while simultaneously booting them out.
Can people sue their county governments over having to continually pay property taxes? Has anyone ever done it? Could there be a class action for it? Property taxes are so out of control. In Texas (maybe other states too) homeowners also have to pay PID and MUD taxes in newly developed areas making taxes for a $300,000 as high as 6%!!! It is insane. MUDs can drop off. PIDS never do. One homeowner is suing because the PID was never disclosed to him! Americans need real relief and I think this is one road to getting that.
What chaps my hide is that well over three fourths of our property tax bill goes to the schools. And of course, “education.” It’s right there on the tax bill. So we pay big to have public schools not only churn out woke zombies, but “transitioning” zombies as well.
The property tax on homeowners for government schools has got to be refigured. I had my child in private school paying tuition and was taxed to fund government schools. I haven’t had a child in school for over 20 years. Why am I paying for someone else’s kids? If kids aren’t being taught the basics, shouldn’t the teachers be fired and tax payers refunded?
Some states will issue money to homeschooling parents in surprisingly large amounts, but private school not so much. Not an area I know much about, but definitely worth looking into.
Schools is the excuse, IMO. I live in a N. California foothills county that is predominantly older and retired people with no kids in any schools any more. There are kids here, but few enough that quite a few schools have closed in the last 10 years. But they keep collecting and raising taxes based on the schools, as well as firefighting costs (that part is OK).
I think the trope is that it’s in everyone’s interest to have a good education system, even if not everyone has kids in it. But that belief has bloated into the schools having too much $$$ and leeway to scourge our kids with bad teaching and with indoctrination. Horrifyingly, I learned of a fourth-grade girl here locally “transitioning” to “male.” Horrifying. I’m in Washington State though. Being horrified at this is not allowed.
In my area property taxes pay for services that you may or may not use because you live there - schools, libraries, fire districts, transportation (the local bus), etc. The citizens voted for those with bonds. In case you argue this point, you might not use a service, but you pay for it because you potentially could. Most of us don’t use the bus service, but we voted for it because the people who can’t afford a car use it to get to work. This is the West coast. So how does your area work, if your taxes don’t pay for services like this, how do they get paid?
As states and local governments properly passed laws re: real estate taxes, I do not know how a lawsuit could argue against paying unless perhaps the laws somehow violate state constitution.
It's funny that in the town they are putting in thousands of apartments. Apt dwellers typically have school aged children and use all the same infrastructure yet pay no property taxes and vote to increase school taxes. Perhaps the answer is a usage tax for those that rent?. Even the playing field a little for people like Juju, who can't retire because they can't afford the taxes.
Watch how quickly people stop voting for tax increases when it takes money out of their own pocket.
Kudos to Sharpie! Jay Jones, the Democrat candidate for Virginia Attorney General, texted that he wants to kill his political opponents and their kids. Not a single Democrat, including Governor candidate Abigail Spanberger, has called for him to drop out. Team blue is still heavily favored to sweep Virginia’s upcoming election. You can’t sing kumbaya with people who want you dead. Anyone pushing “both sides” false equivalencies will continue to lose credibility.
According to Luke Rosiak:
"The most important part of the Jay Jones story is his rage was triggered by the fact that *a moderate Republican said nice things about a moderate Democrat when the Democrat died*
That's what caused him to want to shoot the Republican House speaker: the Republican was collegial."
I missed the details on that ..... have any?
Just his tweet.
https://x.com/lukerosiak/status/1975019831897518234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1975019831897518234%7Ctwgr%5E7cda3d911958d4da89c86f49c679144daa6cb1fc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsamj%2F2025%2F10%2F06%2Fguess-what-led-to-jay-jones-violent-texts-n2419964
He was also arrested for doing 116mph in a 45 zone. Got off with 1k hours of community service, which he used on his campaign (a big no/no) and misrepresented how he served it. 🤬
I need to correct this he was doing 45 phone OVER the speed limit.
Mph not phone (comments needs and edit capability. 🙄)
Sundance had a story about this a few days ago.
Maybe do some research.
I do research. For example https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/these-free-palestine-cats-outta-control
I think I had that comment not for you but a post further up. Sometimes they get posted in the wrong order. I’m sorry about that.
No problem. My apologies.
Maybe I prefer the conversational style of asking questions over Google!
I’m a Virginian and I swear I don’t see how blue is going to win. Especially after the last 4.5 years. Why would we get YOUNGKIN elected only to reverse everything? Why won’t the black community rally around Winsome Sears?? Spanberger is a commie bitch. If she wins it might be because they cheated.
I’ve already voted in Virginia for the Republican ticket. Virginia is not Spamberger’s dream sanctuary state and we do not approve of the vile language Jay Jones has used. I suspect that the race is tighter than the MSM would lead you to believe.
I’m up in NoVA…so so many crazy libs loving Spamberger while wearing their masks still……..My entire family will vote for Sears. The silent majority must vote!
You are doing the Lord's work, Nova mom. Once Juli Briskman, the AWFL from my old neighborhood, got elected to Loudoun County Supervisors for giving Trump motorcade the finger (and that was literally her only "qualification"), I knew it was time to skedaddle for sunny Florida. You who stay and fight are to be commended.
Thank you neighbor. Yup - she went to my previous church - I was acquainted with her. Disgusting behavior to say the least. Grew up in NJ - love the weather in VA…FL too hot …Going to try and fight for now :-) I think more people are waking up
We're headed to TN. VA is becoming a lost cause.
Let’s hope so. I have to believe parents would Not vote for scum that allows men in women’s sports and bathrooms. And she wrote the bill. She’s mentally deranged. And she has daughters. wtf??
We could always hope the daughters get raped by the "men in women's sports and bathrooms" and learn to blame their mother because of it.
That’s pretty harsh. But sometimes reality bites. These dumbass libs won’t learn until it bites them
I don’t think it’s harsh enough.
I know. It is. Would like to hear them rationalizing it to their raped daughter.
The big thing to overcome is to get lifelong Dems to vote for someone other than a Dem. I suspect a great many Dem voters don't follow what is going on in most politics, they just automatically press the button for whoever has a D by his or her name. Too bad the R's can't get more people out in to the black communities to discuss Sears in particular, as well as make the case for the R's remaining in office.
You need to get Scott Presler in VA! He makes things happen
Good point. Where is the RNC
They were missing an action when various races were counted 2 to 3 weeks after election day
And now they’re missing an action again.
The only thing I see that they are good at is filling up my messages with texts, requesting money
Bullseye! Even as a child in the 1970s, my father would say to his Dem relatives they would vote for Hitler if he was a dem before ever voting R. And they would just answer him that would never happen because no one that bad is a dem!! You can't make this stuff up.
And Jay Jones got out of a speeding ticket crime in a very dodgy way. I believe he was going something like 116 mph in a 70 mph zone! I'll try to find a link.
Yes, he was convicted of reckless driving in 2022, so quite recently. He apparently did "community service" for his own campaign!
He was doing 116mph in a 45 zone! Got 1000 hours of community service but was working on his campaign for 500 of those.
That seems to be a trend. Hopefully it will be a call to action for those who will vote Republican to cast their ballots.
Maybe the press is trying to do like they did with the Trump-Hillary election. Remember there was no way that Trump was going to win. Hopefully, their reporting will push Republicans to vote en masse. As Trump said, "Too big to rig."
This is what they did in the Detroit area ["Wayne County"] during the Trump-Hillary election. I know this due to a discussion with an observer for Trump during the Jill Stein recount there:
Boxes marked by poll workers:
Trump 25
Hillary 275
Boxes opened and counted:
Trump 175
Hillary 125
That's why the recount was stopped; it was easy to see the misdeeds of the poll workers.
And... what did the "outsider nerd" republican governor do? He could have sent people to jail. Instead, he opted for "more training."
Just shaking my head. Some Republicans seem to be wolves in sheep's clothing.
Follow the money.
Always.
Polls LIE! DEMS CHEAT but this is TRUMP 2.
Dems love ballot harvesting.
It should be illegal
Sadly, it looks grim:
https://polymarket.com/search?_q=Virginia
Wow that is grim for sure
That's sad.
Yea. Jones on some Che Guevara ish. His reasoning matches Guevara's thinking:
"We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it: to his home, to his centers of entertainment; a total war. It is necessary to prevent him from having a moment of peace, a quiet moment outside his barracks or even inside; we must attack him wherever he may be; make him feel like a cornered beast wherever he may move. Then his moral fiber shall begin to decline. He will even become more beastly, but we shall notice how the signs of decadence begin to appear."
Che Guevara
I for one will up his ante by 5. glad that sob is dead.
ex CIA - ASK Magazine
We thought then we would make some discreet inquiries amongst old colleagues and try to find out what Spanberger actually accomplished during her relatively brief tenure at CIA. They are presented here in sanitized form to make sure we are not divulging anything that may still be considered classified.
“She was a revolving door resume builder. Nothing of substance at all. The five-year hire plan.”
https://andmagazine.substack.com/p/abigail-spanberger-nothing-to-see?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=746580&post_id=175275630&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1o1haj&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
They will definitely cheat. Not enough to win, I hope.
It’s what they do.
VA too. I fear because this is the biggest race this year, and Trump has not yet put in place voting integrity measures, the bolsheviks know this is their last big chance to cheat. We heard Jason Mayoris speak at a small business meeting in Frederick County, and had a chance to talk with him. God guy
Let’s make it harder to cheat! Did you know proof of citizenship is not required to register to vote? They just check a box on the form. That’s how people like the illegal superintendent get away with it. Let the Election Assistance Committee know you want this to change. Require proof. They are requesting comments now. Follow this link to give them your opinion. https://www.regulations.gov/document/EAC-2025-0236-0001
Commented! And please keep posting this daily to get as many people as possible to make their voice heard!!
In CA, it was uncovered that a dog was registered to vote and actually voted twice. The owner of the dog should be jailed, and anyone who sallowed this to happen.
Yes I heard about that one too! That should be a wake-up call showing the need to verify every registration before they are added to the system.
As long as the dog voted Democrat, they’ll want to keep it.
Check the betting markets instead of the polls. More accurate.
"If she wins it might be because they cheated."
If she wins, it is because they cheated.
Fixed it for ya!
A update on her work at the Muslim school has begun recirculating. Guess people (typical short memories) have forgotten about that?
I HATE the early voting. Too much can come out at the last minute.
Geeee, do ya think they might cheat??
Too many work for the government, and see a Democrat government as a sure-fire employer.
Maybe The Cheat [TM] has been going on locally for a lot longer than we know.
Makes me wonder also about NY. if its right. I imagine so..
It says "No results found".
I am losing more and more respect for my liberal friends because they simply refuse to call out their mentally disturbed compatriots.
I have no liberal friends. Sniff-sniff, sob-sob.
We jettisoned them years ago. What ever would we talk about? They are losers with no sense of humor. We laugh and prosper with our Red friends.
Mine are leftovers from another era.
My ex became one. Yuck!
Mine too, mostly high school and college friends. All AWFULS. There’s a bond that’s hard to ignore. They all live in the burbs of Portland, right where they grew up (except for the college friend, she didn’t grow up there).
you should have left them in that era.
I also have no liberal friends. However, I'm sad to say my 3 siblings and all their families are as blue as they come. Fortunately, we don't live near each other so we manage to avoid political discussions and have kept the family peace.
My sympathies. Good luck. My brother turned left. I steer all conversations away from politics.
Judge Immergut must believe that her name (German: always good) defines her rulings. I hope she learns otherwise soon.
It's getting harder to find conservative "friends" with a brain!
It's just plain hard to find a conservative in MA 🙄
🤣
same
So sad no Dems are calling for this guy to withdraw. These weren’t vague put downs, or something he said as a teenager. This guy was an adult, elected official and had thought it through. How would any Virginian think they’d get justice with him as AG?
We have now lost all respect for our liberal friends. At this point it is like Bannon says, “You’re either with us or agin us!”
lib friends? my condolences.
As bad as it is to lose respect for your liberal friends, etc... It is heartbreaking when the madness is defended by one's beloved family.
He should resign from the race, but he won't because he knows he will win.
'Today, millions of “impossible” pens roll off American lines each day, proving that what we lacked wasn’t muscle — it was imagination.'
Sharpie needs to run an advertising campaign on "the impossible pen." Imagine the reverse Bud Light good will that would create for the company... an anti-boycott boycott could double or triple sales. Especially if they make the pens smell like an "impossible" burger! Make Sharpies Smell Great Again! In America!
Virginia will split, if the Democrats sweep the Governorship and Attorney General races. Arlington, Fairfax and Loudon counties will be a Globalist State. The rest of Virginia will be called South Virginia.
Southern Illinois, south of Chtgo.
East Oregon, east of Portland.
East of portland, south of eugene.
except Ashland....and Bend....
Remember that there is a movement that wants southern Oregon to become part of Idaho!!
Most Illinois area outside of Shitcongo and adjoining suburbs is red. But the shitlibs have gerrymandered the state to maintain their power.
I’m so disgusted with Duckworth. It’s disgusting that her political rhetoric and voting record has basically cancelled out any honorable service in our military. She’s an AWFL extraordinaire.
Yup. Illinois inmate here but in a north county near Wisconsin. Red. That big blue boil on the ass end of Lake Michigan ruins it for all of us. Haven’t been in the city for years.
shitcago?
I doubt it was a misspelling. 🤔😉
That would be epic. Let the socialists live in the hell holes they create.
I LIKE that idea, South VA!
Why is this not a top line story?? (I mean I know why). This has me so pissed off. If you posted on your social media that you wanted to shoot a legislator in the head and pined that you hoped that his children would die, You better expect a visit from law enforcement. When you have a public megaphone...maybe we should take the liberal approach and start demanding that head shootings and child death are acceptable forms of political violence with no bail required releases...asking for a friend.
Are Virginians THAT dumb as to go blue?
Absolutely VILE! Peak leftist rhetoric. This is mainstream thoughts from the left. When they got chalrie, they celebrated. When they missed trump, they were disappointed.
I saw that demon, Jay Jones, with his campaign sign... and I couldn't accept that it was real. It had to be AI... didn't it?
We will see more of this kind of blatant partisan hatred. Scripture has warned us. But while the Church is still here, the HOLY SPIRIT restrains the eventual outcome.
Martial Law is unamerican, no matter the side.
Or excuse, like Intifada.
Funny no one arrested yet or identified, conflict is contrived like a colored revolution. Where is Trump saying "Lock 'em up"? We have met the enemy and he is us. Martial law for digital currency.
Please let this be the beginning of the end for property taxes. Kudos to the Michigan homeowner who held on this long in the fight for justice.
He is the William Wallace of homeowners. My husband and I were just lamenting yesterday how we will lose our home once he retires due to our property taxes being higher than a monthly mortgage, and unable to be sustained on his retirement income. (For reference we live outside of Blue Chicago, in a modest middle class home, and our property taxes are over $15,000/year now but our home is not of the luxury that such a price implies.)
Edit to highlight a point I shared in a reply below: Any way you look at it, it’s theft. Over the past 20 years they have stolen our retirement and wealth from us. How? By taking $250,000 of my husband’s hard earned money as real estate taxes. Imagine what $250,000 in an interest bearing account would have been worth today? We couldn’t afford BOTH saving AND real estate taxes, so they got our retirement.
at that tax rate, you are just a tax slave
Over the past 20 years they have stolen our retirement and wealth from us. How? By taking $250,000 of my husband’s hard earned money as real estate taxes. Imagine what $250,000 in an interest bearing account would have been worth today? We couldn’t afford BOTH saving AND real estate taxes, so they got our retirement any way you look at it. It’s theft.
your retirement is paying for their retirement...take a look into local governments' pensions.
Exactly
Our small Illinois town was letting aldermen be eligible for state IMRF pensions while only “working” a few hours a week. That did stop some years ago but plenty of theft still goes on. Looking at our property tax then looking around for any sign of it being used to benefit us.
Juju, you’re just the kind of people we’d love to have in Florida. No state income tax, people are nice with lots of MAGA and DeSantis is trying to get rid of property taxes. Come on down!!! 🦩🇺🇸🦩
I can’t wait until we can ❤️
Let me know if I can help you in any way. We’re in northwest FL in the panhandle.
I know it would be a difficult decision, but I would move to Texas, Oklahoma or Florida. When you can’t afford where you live for any reason it’s time to make a change.
Yep, we are headed to FL from Ohio for this exact reason. I remember when the "assessed value" was about half of the amount you could sell for..... then they started assessing the taxes based on the last sale and increasing all of the neighboring houses to match..... terrible way to do business.
We will once my husband retires. He has 2-4 years to go still. Probably 4
Prayers that you can keep up with these horrible taxes until you can escape and then I have prayers that you find a wonderful home in your new location. My husband and I left Dallas and moved about 40 miles away where taxes are much cheaper and homes are a better value and most importantly, God is reverenced. When we went out to dinner, the first week we were here, I noticed that the sheriff cars all had “ in God we trust” on the bumpers and I said, “we have moved to the right place.” Also, the county judge put an article in the local newspaper (This was at the height of ) and said, “we do not require masks anywhere in this county because people are adults and have constitutional rights and we depend on them to do the right thing!”
At that level of taxation a house in not an 'investment', it's a liability. And the best thing to do is always drop a liability while there is still a market for said item.
This is the key to financial success. Sell the most over-rated items. And buy true value. Do this before 'the public' catches on.
But where do you put that money? We can’t afford the cost of renting around here and have to live somewhere. And if it’s not put back into another property within 12 months they will tax it to high heaven.
Time to move to Alabama… Even though our property taxes have gone up, they are still very low compared to other states.
Also, have you ever thought about doing any passive income investing? We are doing careful research on many different ETFs. Just a thought… 💖🙏🏽
BTW, our property taxes are $574 this year. We have 2/3 an acre with a 2000 square-foot house. We have lived in this house for 25 years. When we first moved here, the property taxes were a little over $200 a year, so it has gone up… but much lower than many states!
And no… The stereotypes are not right! We don't:
1. Marry our sisters or brothers (ewww 🤢)
2. Not everyone has a pick up truck (wouldn’t mind having one)
3. Not everyone is an Alabama fan… We have Auburn fans also! 🤣
4. Not all of us are redneck… Just some, especially my family! 😜
And I would personally love to import as many conservatives as possible! 🥰
Agree!. I was born and raised in Mobile. Wish I could move back, but we're old now and children/grandchildren are here in Ohio.
Wow. Just wow.
Holy freaking cow, Juju, $15,000 a year is downright evil. I feel bad now for complaining about ours here in OK. It does go up every year, which is bad, but we own 20 acres with a pretty nice 3 BR house and outbuildings, and our tax last year was $2265. Move to Oklahoma! Our governor has been talking about getting rid of state income tax, which would be wonderful. Maybe he will take a cue from Ron DeS and do something about property tax as well. It really is wicked for the govt to make us pay them every year for property we “own”.
Born and raised in Chicago, military service and never went back except to visit all my family. Retired in OK and love it for the last 18 years!
I’m old now, but my dad was in the Army and we moved to Oklahoma from Ft Benning when he retired in the 1960’s, so I’ve been here since 6th grade. Didn’t like it much for the first few years, but love it here now!
Our house is on a little over 1/4 of an acre of suburban clay only. 🤦🏼♀️😭
Same in Taxachusetts. They charge by the square inch of earth you are on.
And then they waste what you give them and try to force people into complying with their own eventual demise.
and NEW YORK
You’re being forced to participate in the support a lot of freeloaders!
We live about 3 miles from the city limits of our small town, and everything is cheaper here than it was in Tulsa.
Ours in Oregon, on a working farm, was over $1,000 a month
=$12,000+ … and that folks was 16-20 yrs ago !!!
A working farm.
1 acre 4 bedroom split level in rural Central New Jersey $10,000 annual property taxes
Insane. I suppose wages and salaries re higher there too, but still!
They are BUT after all the taxing from every level of government and every angle, what’s actually left over is beneath poverty levels
Well, all I can say is this world is not our permanent home. God is in control and Jesus IS coming back to make all things new and perfect! By the way, how is your son liking his job? I feel like I know the regular commenters here 🥰
We are in CA and we pay half that!
Same- for a 2000 square foot house on 1/3 acre, about 5k/ yr property tax.
Amazing. What area?
Sacramento County. One of the not quite as expensive areas in CA. Plus we’ve been in the house for over 20 years.
It’s outrageous. I live in a rural Illinois county up north and this county is one of the highest property taxed counties in the country. I’m trying to find the benefits around me of this tax grab. It’s a red county for over 150 years.
So sorry! Gosh that's awful. I have been raising heck due to ours going up by $1200 in the 2023 re-assessment but our total bill is still less than $4K...for now anyway. We did successfully recall our County Exec over the property tax issue last week. But it's a blue county overall, and odds of anything but another D taking his place are slim. Our state does have a program that rebates part of the property tax $ for low income seniors, but the income threshold is pretty low, and the legislature did pass a 'freeze' for people over 62, BUT the burden is still ridiculous for everyone else, and ignores the fact that not all seniors are indigent. Both our moms make more money than we do as they have pensions and investment income, and my mom pays $0 property tax as she is in assisted living and no longer owns a car. Her facility does pay property tax though so suppose it's factored in her rent, although several of them in our town did get property tax breaks when they were built. EVERYONE needs to pay attention to local - city and county - as the grift just keeps growing and it's time to fight back.
That makes me so upset for all the hardworking families in Illinois. I keep trying to convince my cousin to get out of that state but it isn’t that easy.
Knowing that your taxes are going into the pockets of illegal aliens is absolutely nauseating and infuriating.
I can't believe how high property taxes are in some areas. It's insane. I do wonder if. property taxes were in place because in the past only property owners had the right to vote.
I look at listed real estate regularly. It's sort of a weird hobby of mine. I look at homes across the US but I'm specifically interested in MI, IL, IN, and OH. We've been living in Texas for 40 yrs and we've always dreamed of returning to our home state of MI some day (both of our families still live there).
I can find plenty of nice homes for sale in IL decently priced but it becomes unattractive as soon as I get to the property tax disclosure section. Ridiculous amounts. On top of that, IL has an income tax as well. We would be cash buyers but between property taxes, insurance, and a state income tax, it totals more than any P&I we've ever paid in our entire adult lives and our first mortgage years ago was @ 12% interest!
MI is just as bad. What I'm seeing is that it's not just housing prices that are crippling young buyers but rather all the local & state taxes that now are much more than the P&I amount.
Bingo. And our interest rate on our present mortgage is only 2.3%. We can’t exchange that for an equal mortgage at 7%
To add insult to injury, most homeowners see little to no benefit for their property tax $'s. Crappy roads, crappy school districts, along with rising crime rates. What exactly are homeowners getting out of it?
They are getting bloated bureaucracies that don't add any value... but just suck people's hard earned money to pay for grifters who sit around and try to figure out how to come up with new and innovative ways to tax their constituents.
High tax. Worst school test scores in the county. Crappy roads too. Rising crime. 8 cars in one single family driveway every night across the street. But my husband was ordered to get on the sidewalk by a cop when he was walking on the street. He told the cop unless he is arresting him, he’s walking in the street. We walk in the street because the sidewalks are so bad they are a walking hazard and sidewalks end in the middle of the block sometimes.
And you are not moving...why? You know there is a beautiful world out here. You have your choice of so many wonderful places.
And, I don't care to hear the "why" of how you refuse to succeed. Sell now, live in a trailer and drag it somewhere to stay until you find your dream home.
Easy to say and imagine but there ARE situations where it’s not possible. You “don’t want to hear it” but I’m going to explain it anyway. My husband is blue collar and has 2-4 years to retirement. He has to stay within driving distance of his union. Everything within 60-90 minute drive is the same or more expensive than what we presently pay. Nobody will hire a 60 year old man at the same hourly rate he gets as a general foreman with the same benefits if he tries to get a new job elsewhere (after 38 years with one company.)
We priced out what renting for the next couple years would cost and even a shoebox house in a lesser safe neighborhood is more than our mortgage, RE taxes, and insurance are combined, for 1/3 the space. Rents are ridiculous around here. We actually are in the cheapest option in our area for now even though RE taxes are killing us.
Plus our mortgage only has 2.3% apr. We doubled up our payments to get it paid down quicker.
Trailer? Around here? It’s not like Texas in the burbs of Chicago or we’d maybe entertain that idea. But still storage units to store our home in the meantime are a nosebleed expense. Just a 10x15 unit is over $235/mo and we would easily need at least four of them to store everything until we can go elsewhere.
In the end all the costs of trying to get out of this situation at most saves MAYBE $100-$200/month but we lose the power of building equity, $1200/year is not enough savings to go through all the headaches.
You can’t judge others based on what things cost in a lesser expensive, rural corner of America. And recently I was in central Texas and saw the prices were the same if not higher. Including rent.
We moved from Fresno to North Central Arkansas at the tip of the Ozarks. The square footage and property taxes flipped. We have 600 more square feet and $600 less in property taxes. (California property taxes are based on purchase price, not appraisal value. Thank goodness for Prop 13!) Arkansas also has a homesteading clause. You get to deduct $500 from your property taxes and after 65 your taxes are locked in unless the millage rate goes up.
Absolutely!! But the property insurance in Cali is the problem.
That’s another head scratcher. We are a landlocked area, no flood zone, tornados are not common at all, no earthquakes, but our home insurance rose from 1600 four years ago to 2600 this year. They were only 2200 last year. It’s like they are charging all of us for the risks others chose to purchase.
Totally. Fortunately, we left 20 months ago. Insurance here isn’t cheap either. We had a tornado in our are right after we moved here. We were fine, but homes 10 miles southeast of us sustained damage.
Juju - you are a blessing to all of us here, thank you so much for your input. Say HI to your husband for me.
Aw *hugs*
We're in central IL and for a 2100sq' home, pay close to 8k in property tax :( What's hard for people to understand, is there are many great people and places in IL...plus, after decades to a lifetime of living, you have deep roots. Many things add to being content...health, safe surroundings, good neighbors, seasons. Things money can't always buy. Plus it's hard to get another home equal in value in red states where good government is a huge bonus. Hard decisions, good luck Juju. Btw, we lived in FL a time...lovely, but I missed the wide open countryside, seasonal changes, slower pace and certainly less traffic that we have here :)
tlc10 - Yes, central and southern Illinois is a far cry from northern Illinois. And my family roots are here. But I may be forced to go elsewhere.
It makes me sad (and angry) that a few misguided, power hungry people can ruin a whole state...pushing good people out! It seems Chicago & Champaign Co control the rest of a basically red state. Best wishes to all in making the decisions & sacrifices you have to make later in life. God bless & goodnight.
Juju - I hear ya, we have the same..... added to all of that is the expense of moving across the country (OH to FL) is about $5k .... something we had to save up for in order to execute the move.
We just moved our son from IL to TX so he could start his new life with his first job out of college. Total moving costs exceeded $7,000. He needed an additional $3,000 since he didn’t have a car and needed that for a down payment. (Most people moving don’t need a car…) He had $8 in his checking account upon graduation. 🤣 His new company covered $5,000 of his expenses but it wasn’t nearly enough. The moving truck alone was $1500, not including gas, lodging and meals, then you have first month’s rent and security deposit. That ate up all the company reimbursement and he still had to buy food and supplies, and pay nosebleed car rental fees until he got the car arranged.
Moving is reeeeally expensive nowadays.
I hope he is still loving the job
That’s a very rude thing to say. I can think of a lot of reasons why someone might not be able to move, other than “refusing to succeed.”
Yeah. A little harsh. All anyone needs to do is read the varied posts and realize quickly there isn’t a rubber stamp answer.
And invest the former prop tax money. Follow Pelosi, she's up %24 so far this year!! There is an app that will let you follow her investments!
Juju - Thank you for sharing that. Yes, it's theft. And it is contrary to the right of ownership of property. I am in downstate Illinois, in a rural red county, and I have the senior citizen property tax freeze. Otherwise I would have lost my home long ago.
Now I have to figure out how to pay my overdue internet and phone bill by Oct. 20, to avoid being cut off from the outside world. It is very difficult to get by on $900 a month. But I have faith and a positive attitude.
The result of 'Speculation' by co.s like Vanguard and Blackrock, artificially inflating prices by strangling supply. No percentage of these Co.s portfolios should contain any kind of residential real estate. Makes me think this is part of a larger coordinated effort.
That was a Charlie Kirk position also, Ollie. He debated the point with a young gal, I think it was over her head. Some day hopefully she will get it.
Perhaps the "larger coordinated effort" is the old "You'll own nothing and be happy". Not too sure about the happy part.
We moved from Communist Connecticut back in 2015 to GA . Our property taxes were over $32,000 a year !
Oh my Lord 😳 That IS robbing homeowners.
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We lived in Burr Ridge for 3 years, 2006 - 2009, when my husband was stationed at the reserve center near there. We could afford to rent but not buy, because it was right before the housing bubble burst. The house we were renting had been on the market for $450k, property taxes were $12k. But teachers and first responders made $100k. It is a viscous cycle of taxes and paying government employees enough to be able to afford the cost of living and taxes.
I rent in the city in Chicago and my landlord told me how assessments went up every year. I looked up the property on Zillow. The property tax tripled in the last ten years. Things are not 3 times better than they were in 2014. I don't know what they do with the money... Same goes for the money from legalizing marijuana. All this money coming in and nothing to show for. It stinks on every corner, people smoke on the train, neighbors smoke... you get the idea. They also started taxing groceries a while back. It's not much, but it sure is something when you take it from everybody.
I moved out of Lake County for that reason. Post-COVID house “values” have gone through the roof which gives them license to jack the taxes even higher. Was in that house for 30 years but very happy I moved and surprisingly don’t miss it. Please consider it. That’s a lot of $ to shell out every year. Illinois is broke yet Cook County has not even sent second installment property tax bills out yet due to technical issues.
Trust me we can’t wait to leave. But every financial advisor that looks at our particular circumstances says the best thing we can do is stay right where we are until he retires. It’s the cheapest option at present. Unbelievable. My heart breaks for those less fortunate who will never be able to own their own property.
I successfully got mine lowered a couple of times using their online tool. Used the comp sales option.
In IL?
Juju, you are right where God wants you to be. It took us about 2 years of looking to find our place in the country and get moved. It will be worth waiting for.
When you can move look into 55+ communities. Very social, lots of amenities and activities. It’s been fantastic.
Jarvis Gann’s Prop 13, in CA is the only thing saving my sister living in my mama’s 1955, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in a subdivision. House is valued at $1.3ml, but property taxes held at value when last purchased or refinanced.
Liberal states property taxes are insane. My clients in New Jersey are around $17,000. Here in AZ mine are $2,750 on a decently upgraded home and lot size.
I know this lawyer! Believe it or not, he lives in my hometown! Went to school with my daughter. He is a really good guy. He’s been taking on all kinds of civil rights abuse cases since covid.
Nice to know there are still good people with principles, especially attorneys. Jeff is at the forefront of those.
I'm sick of renting from the government.
It's SO unjust!
The injustice has also been framed as a tax on unrealized gains. Indeed it is.
It's akin to that proposal in Congress sometime in the last few years that wanted to tax income on liquid investments based on some expert's opinion 🙄🤬of where the value of the investment would be in the future, not as of the date of filing fedederal income tax docs. Head scratcher.
Worth mentioning again that, in general, meaning the majority of Americans, who work in or have investment income from the *private* sector connected in no way with the federal government (meaning excluding those elected or appointed within the fed gov't, those employed in the fed gov't whether military or civilian, those whose income is from contracts with the fed gov't, and other particular cases) do NOT have a federal income tax liability. Deep, deep rabbit hole. Worth exploring. Cojones required to stand up to the bully agency. But when one knowledgably points to 'their' own Code (USC Title 26) and does not cave the low level bullies ultimately have no argument. They can't escalate to legal personnel because the Code says, in scrambled legalese (your knowledge comes from unscrambling), that you don't owe. Some people who have figured it out don't pay federal income tax. Hoping the truth comes out in full flower in my lifetime.
If I recall correctly this argument about taxes only being owed by “employees” and that term is clearly defined in the tax code as an individual working for the federal government. It does not define an employee as one working for private enterprises. Yes a rabbit hole, one that no one wants to go down first.
A lesser argument but also true. The more applicable/primary argument/s lies buried in definitions - at §7701. (Imagine that. In a complex and arguably convoluted Code the definitions are not stated up front in the early subsections. Nooo. Some 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 subsections later they present the meat. Hm.)
*edit - Might feel like one is first; that's the fear factor. Hardly. There is community where one can find guidance and support, though in the end one does take on the task "alone." Some professionals (CPAs, JDs) are knowlegable in the correct way and for their price can provide guidance. Again, the "taxpayer" (if that's how one identifies) ultimately has to sign docs and communications. Not something to be handed off even to a pro, providing a sense of relief. One has to educate oneself.
Amen. I grow weary of reading almost every day where someone who is in their 80s or 90s got kicked out of their house because they can't afford property taxes. A house they paid for and dished out property taxes for for decades. Reform is much needed in so-called "property taxes." Those advocating for more and more property taxes are usually young pups who think they are going to live forever, and have an unlimited income their entire lives. They don't even think for a second of how these tax schemes screw people who's income doesn't go up while the taxes do. I don't want to choose between eating cat food and paying the state for the "privilege" of living in a house I paid thousands and thousands of dollars for. I've heard some great ideas on reform like including the property taxes in the mortgage all at once and then if you pay off your mortgage you are done. No more property taxes after you have paid off your home. I'm sick of this crap. If states had to cough up the money to reimburse homeowners for homes they foreclose on for "failure to pay property taxes" they may start thinking twice and maybe even figure out some innovative ways to collect these taxes while letting people stay in THEIR HOMES. Our homes don't belong to the flipping state!
Maybe they don’t need as much as they are taking and wasting, let’s start there. And removing true ownership of property bought by an individual citizen as their primary residence is not the way to pay for it. Business taxes on the other hand is taxing not an individual land owner but a company that is earning income from the land they occupy, unlike a primary residence which does not. Even sales taxes and taxing secondary residences make more sense because you can’t lose your life’s savings in your primary property if you choose to not pay them by not buying products, the way you can if you don’t pay RE taxes.
Proper financial management of funds given to operate a local government and wise investing of such to raise more funds is the right way to go so that you can’t rob homeowners. They raise countless millions and billions for pet business ventures constantly, so don’t tell me that same savvy can’t be used to raise money to fund local government services.
Amen to that, brother.
I’ll wait until DeSantis presents a workable replacement solution before opining. So far; all political talking points. When asked, miami mayoral candidate Gonzalez said he has no plan, but wants to start a “ conversation.” More nonsense from the actual best candidate for mayor.
I’ve never seen a business case for how local governments would raise the revenue they claim to need if they were forbidden from collecting property taxes.
Sales taxes? Business taxes? Fees?
Don’t get me wrong, I am all for eliminating or at least greatly reducing property taxes…
Sales tax loan could pay all the government expenses if they fired all the government employees making more than 50,000 a year. None of them are even worth that much.
I think there should be land use fees (ala Henry George) but no property taxes on built things. Land wasn't made by anyone, and therefore belongs to all, and there should be a fee for using it...
You're kidding, right?
How do you logically get to user fees paid to the government because land was "not made by anyone and belongs to all".
By that tortured logic, nobody "made" your car because the iron ore turned into steel was never "made" by anyone. The beef or broccoli you eat was never "made" by anyone.
How does government acquire the right to impose fees (taxes by another name) on something no one "made.. and belongs to all"? Government is not "all"; it's certainly not me.
You don't own anything more substantial than your phone, do you? I'll bet you don't have children either.
Also…why do we get charged to park on city streets, i.e. parking meters? We already pay taxes, sales, property, etc.., so why are they charging fees to park on streets that we paid for?
Educate gently Dolce, learning is a process.
Check out Henry George.
You don't see a difference between a car that has lots of human input, and land which has zero, we just inherited it by being on this planet?
Henry George argued that those who privatize land and derive benefit from that should pay a fee to the local community. He makes a lot of sense. :-)
You think land with a home on it, or a farm or a factory or even range land has "zero input from humans"?. Think logically and educate yourself.
And why do you want that land should be owned by "everybody" rather than the persons going back generations who invest time, sweat, treasure to make that land what it is today?
YOU certainly contributed nothing, nor did anyone but the owner. But you think you deserve to benefit? Everyone but socialists (read; adolescents) disagree and always have disagreed. Do you also think the owner should be paid back by "everybody" for the thousands or millions of dollars and countless hours of labor they invested in land that belongs to "everybody"?
People like your hero there only make sense to bitter losers and college sophomores who have not managed to acquire anything of value, but very little sense to adults. And there's a reason.
I think we have a misunderstanding here. I meant ONLY raw land. I am against any and all improvements being taxed. Do you see any problems now?
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The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
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Ezekiel 48:35 ...and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘The Lord is there.’”
Thank you, Janice. I always find comfort in your choice of scripture for the day.
That blesses me, Nancy! I had this one queued up to share on Saturday, but the Lord switched it up that day . . . which apparently triggered "someone." Have a blessed day!
Love how involved our Lord is ❤️
A beautiful reminder this morning! Amen!
I wish I understood earlier in life how much power Jesus has given us. It’s amazing, but what’s even more amazing is that this life is but a speck of the miraculous existence those that will be with Him for eternity have. Wow.
Wow, so timely! I just reminded my kids about this last night; we were talking about the Lamb's Book of Life mentioned in Revelations.
Just a thought... why not take these Liberal judges who believe that the protests in various blue areas are "mostly peaceful" and drop them in the middle of these "peaceful protests" for a birds eye view! Oh, and without any private security.
You read my mind.
Was thinking the same about Soros, Hoffman and the others who finance this stuff.
Thinking the same thing. Perhaps the judge could set up her office in the ICE building. That way she could keep an eye on those ICE personnel and watch the peaceful protests up close while she hopes the peaceful people are kept outside.
That is a wonderful idea!!!
Yes, a field trip.
I know this is Trump country here in C&C land (and I say that as someone who voted for him three times) but what the Guards are doing in Portland is outrageous. Grabbing people who show up at a rally, pinning them down, grabbing their phones and their wallets.
Let’s not abandon our Bill of Rights, just because we want to have a war with the people on the other side.
Thanks Jeff, for continuously putting your neck on the line to help restore the Republic. Your Circadian rhythm patterns would be worthy of study.
Just an observation concerning these wayward street loons and there bellowing leaders.
I have a vague recollection of various liberal whack jobs mostly peacefully bashing, slicing, dicing, spitting on and burning effigies of Trump at the top of every hour, not to mention gleefully toting around his severed bloody head. Now, one of the aformentinoned whack jobs gets portrayed as the Frito Bandito and it's war. Emotionally unstable doesn't even scratch the surface of this level of psychosis.
Happy commenting on this fine Monday morning.
Eric, these are the same people that drive cars around everyday…. and vote… frightening I say.
And wear masks, alone in their cars. 😂😂😂
Heard a good one in re masks and the prohibition for ICE to wear masks.
When masks are outlawed, only outlaws will have masks.
We "virtue shame" them here into NOT wearing those masks. No polite glances. Just open stares!
Annnnd...teach your children!!
Stupefying, isn't it? Most of the cars are stolen with a haphazardly duct taped trash bag for a rear window, or they're on a repo list. Let's not even talk about voting. 🙃
Without licenses, cause Dey be sovereign!
I love Sharpies...even more now.
I’m filled with enough patriotism over that I think I’ll sharpie-pen a handwritten note of thanks to the CEO
Great idea.
I wonder if those pens that Trump uses are sharpies🤣
They ARE! 😆
Just bought a pack with about a dozen colors. I didn't know there were 97!
Me, too. I'll have to buy some this week.
I just bought a pack of multi colored Sharpies last week. Coincidence??
Nothing more satisfying than fresh ones 🥰
Hope they have “MADE IN THE USA” in bold sharpie ink!
I use them a lot in my work/play, metalsmithing. I’m literally going to the store to buy specifically some sharpies!
If wondering if DJT signs all his EOs with a Sharpie?
Nice to see you back, Kathleen.
I use them instead of a shredder on my mail
Yes, and I'd glad pay a "made in America" premium even if China was cheaper.
I’m going out and buying some!
My whole life is properly managed with Sharpies and Post-it notes.
My entire labeling of freezer, fridge, and pantry items are with sharpies. Nothing else stays put on ziplock baggies, vacuum seal bags, labels, or freezer tape. Or is as vivid with perfect contrast.
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I hear you! LOL We use lots of both of them and our house runs on them.
If someone would come over to my house, they would wonder if I had memory loss or something.
I have reminders all over the place. Have used this tactic for decades. Figures it frees up space in the brain to concentrate on other things. Nothing like having that nagging feeling in the back of your head that you are forgetting something.
It may be that the only significantly useful invention of the 20th century was Post-It notes.
“causing the country’s county commissions and city councils to jolt like naked cyclists goosed with a cattle prod” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 coffee spit achieved, you rascal. Wiping down my phone screen. 😆
I cannot wait to hear the audio of the Isabella County case,
One more thing. These judges and these RIOTERS have lost their freaking minds.
https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/these-free-palestine-cats-outta-control
On the VA. AG: no Sunday news show host mentioned Democrat Jay Jones (VA) wanting his political opposition and their children murdered on Meet the Press (NBC), Face the Nation (CBS), This Week (ABC), or State of the Union (CNN). The only reference I ran across was made by former Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, Marc Short on Meet the Press.
Wanted to add that in 2021, Jones called for a Norfolk police lieutenant to be fired after donating $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense fund
No they have not lost their minds. They have made a conscious decision to use any mean possible, particularly violence, to overthrow the constitutional order.
People need to stop this delusion that these people are just misguided souls, they have shown over and over that they are not. I don't know what they are but I suspect it's demonic as at their core is *always* a hatred of White European Christians.
These animals have made it clear that unless they are in charge we will have chaos, death, and destruction. They live for it. Look who supports them, it's not your church attending neighbor but a collection of atheist Jews and Marxist third-worlders. Look at the names of the opponents in Jeff Childers post on property taxes, Karlan, Gornstein, and Adler, quite a coincidence there. It's almost always non-Christians.
South American regimes emptied their prisons and sent the worst of the worst to the US under Biden. Islamists now run Michigan suburbs. Indians are now also becoming a big part of their demonic coalition, and spreading their ethnic tribalism. Notice though they are openly hostile to Christianity, this is by design.
There was a deliberate and intentional flooding of the country with unassimilated barbaric and crime-prone masses to destroy the Christian fabric of the country. This has gone on since the 1960's but massively accelerated in the 2000's.
People need to wake up and stop acting like there's something in the water that's making people go nuts. This is intentional and premeditated. And unless we snap out of it and realize what's going on, the country will be lost. And yes, someone may call you a "racist" for pointing out the obvious. So what? Isn't your kids and grandkids future worth being called a few names?
I’m a proud racist. I love being white, and love hanging with other white people. Hate islam, and all its adherents!
Thank you, Alan. We are animals and just like the rest of them we have a built-in tribal/herd instinct.
You will see it clearly if you put a flock of white chickens together with a flock of black chickens in the same chicken coop.
This instinct was mostly overridden in humans until Barack Obama came along and fanned the flames.
Dang Alan, since when did you start to hate me? LOL
Never said I did, sir. In fact I respect you. Unless you adhere to islam. I don’t think you do. I just like being white. And ihave no problem saying that. Do I think whites are better than blacks? Yep. But that doesn’t mean I hate you. I’m not one if these guys on here that hate everybody. Do you like being black? Are you proud of your heritage? And , if you had a choice, would you be more comfortable say in a black church, than a white one?
Plus, my race don't define me. God, my manhood and family only ones can do that.
Lol. Never thought you did. Comment wise, only seen respect for you because race aside, you love Americans. No Islam here, as you well know.
But do me a favor let me know what you think of what I stacked today if you can
And sorry, but I jumped on Liz loh Taylor? From your page. What a disgusting thing she is. I appreciate you being able to do it. I guess I hate everybody.
Amen x1000. I have to wonder what the end game will be, given the sad reality of things. Is there an alternative to civil war?
First thing is to stop listening to non-Christians, particularly when they are defining morality or what's an acceptable viewpoint.
People get confused on this. Salvation is available to all who accept Christ, once that happens they become our brothers and sisters regardless of their past beliefs, race, background, or whatever. That is the love of Christ.
However, the enemy has twisted this to make Christians think we must be tolerant of other's beliefs before this happens, before repentance. It is a lie from the pit of Hell. It has made Christians weak and willing participants in the destruction of our Christian country.
On that matter, people need to understand that Jews are non-Christian, and are not our spiritual "big brothers". They rejected Christ and are largely influenced by Talmudism and Kabballah, false belief systems developed after the Resurrection that are diametrically opposed to Christianity. We should be attempting to convert them, not letting them influence our culture.
Yet Jewish influence permeates every aspect of the media, entertainment, pop culture, the music industry, all of the things that shape society. Look who runs these companies, another hell of a coincidence. None of it is uplifting or inspiring people to Christian good, but demoralizing and promoting sinful and incredibly self-destructive behavior. Reject all of it and call them out. Christ is King, get behind me demon.
Further, when some Marxist immigrant starts mouthing off about what a terrible place America is, promptly tell them to perform an anatomically impossible act. Tell them to go back where they came from if it's so awful here. Leave and don't come back. Don't be polite or tolerant. Don't excuse it out of some ill-conceived "Christian charity" but give them grief.
This type of stuff moves the Overton Window, and in case people have not noticed it is moving fast in our direction. Saying "America is for Americans" would have gotten people drummed out of society five years ago, now it is becoming commonplace. America is for Americans, our ancestors built it for us as our home, not as some third-world dumping ground or jobs programs.
Things will only change when good people of all colors say enough is enough, and stop acting like timid cowards denying the truth. Thankfully, many are rising to the occasion.
AND, THANK YOU FOR THIS TOO! 2 1/2 minutes of the best education i'v had in a long time. BTW.."Further, when some Marxist immigrant starts mouthing off about what a terrible place America is, promptly tell them to perform an anatomically impossible act. Tell them to go back where they came from if it's so awful here. Leave and don't come back. Don't be polite or tolerant. Don't excuse it out of some ill-conceived "Christian charity" but give them grief". I'm having this printed on business cards and posters!!!
Very good. Jeff! “America is for Americans”. (Except I’ve never seen anything in the Talmud or Kabala that is anti-Christian?)
Ok, consider me “snapped out of it” now what? There are a lot of people who are resisting the call to respond to violence with violence and they’re looking for an alternative? Any suggestions?
Call it out, that's the first step. See my comment above to Critical Thinker.
Lock. And. Load.
In my long years on this planet, one of the few things that gets people to rethink their position is a personal "event". Like finally understanding that you need life insurance when your family member or friend dies without it and you see the result. Don't like to respond with violence? wait a minute... and hope that your "event" isn't to costly. Just say'n.
Do not comply.
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!
The left definitely has their own set of rules which lack any basis in morality.
Nobody will rebuke him from his own party because he says what they’re all thinking.
They stand behind his sentiments.
The Lone Wolf nods to Jeff — respect where it’s due. Humor, grit, and honesty all in one morning brew. damn fine reporting today. Every line hit like a morning shot of espresso straight to the soul. Finally, someone calling out the lunacy of judges protecting riots while pretending to keep the peace, and doing it with humor sharp enough to skin hypocrisy alive. The Portland saga alone had me howling — “mostly peaceful” my tail.
And that property tax piece? Bless him for dragging that old scam into the sunlight. Nothing burns my fur like watching counties steal homes over pocket-change taxes and call it “public good.” Jeff nailed it — you don’t own your home, you rent it from the local parasite hive. If this Supreme Court case cracks the grift wide open, it’ll be a bigger win for the people than any election.
And that Sharpie story — chef’s kiss. Proof that American grit still beats the globalist spreadsheet cult. Jeff showed that when we stop outsourcing our backbone, we can outbuild anyone.
In short: hats off, paws up. Jeff’s one of the last real newsmen left — caffeinated, fearless, and blessed with the rarest thing in journalism today — a working sense of humor.
Jeff’s one of the last real newsmen left — caffeinated, fearless, and blessed with the rarest thing in journalism today — a working sense of humor"
and a faithful servant of Our Lord!
Good morning C&Cers. Glory to God in the highest.
Amen! I woke up with “Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe” in my head.
This is what I put on my dad’s headstone.
P, I love that! I put Romans 5:1 on my parents’ stone, with the words inside the shape of a cross. Praise the Lord.
Amen.
Naked bike-riding protesters... bring on the water cannons. There's nothing like a water cannon enema to make a protester feel like a shitless swollen pretzel.
With blue dye in the water please
My thoughts exactly. They won't like being photographed with their public (pubic) display. Can't stop the photography. No expectation of privacy in the great outdoors.
Especially in the Fall. In Oregon. Make sure the water is extra cold 🤣🤣
Make water cannons great again!
Soap too.
They're adverse to bathing.
It's Portland. They ride without seats.
Thanks for the visual!!
Eek!
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I would imagine that the tear gas and pepper spray would sting the nether regions. No?
One could only hope so 😂😂😂😂😂
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I’m thinking paint guns would be fun.
😂😂😂😂 and so very painful!!!!!!!
I wonder if there's an opportunity to make money by selling bike-seat covers before the naked event. 🤔
See Jeff S post above!!
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LMAO!!
I am THRILLED to read about the "pointed success" of the SHARPIES!!! Kudos to the new CEO for using his BRAIN instead of following the 'official economic narrative' being touted for the past 40 years. I am a LOVER OF MANUFACTURING - I called on mostly manufacturing operations when I was a field sales rep for a national distributor of supplies used in the MRO sector of industry. I could see the "handwriting on the wall" in the early 1980's when, bit by bit, I lost clients because they were shuttering their manufacturing facilities to move their equipment (they sold at a loss) to offshore producers. I thought to myself then...are these upper management people that STUPID to RAPE our country's prized manufacturing prowess just to beef up their "bottom line"??? Well...you know the answer to that query, don't you, friends.
Then...in 2000...upon the birth of my first grandsugar ( I moved lock, stock and barrel from our home in PA to Palm Springs, CA to be close to my son, DIL and new grandchild) I had the 'germ of an idea" to invent and produce a safer version of the 'baby carrier' that I used for my children back in the '60's and '70's. Well...when I got to the actual "sourcing of baby gear manufacturers" - everyone with whom I consulted (product designers, marketing gurus, etc.) pointed me to CHINA. I was livid--there was NO WAY I was going to have my "See Shell Baby Carrier Seat" made by a totalitarian country who suppressed ALL FREEDOMS of their citizens. There had to be some way I could get the See Shell mfd. right here in the good ole U.S.A. Of course, the original numbers crunching revealed the labor costs were much lower offshore--but I could foresee the other difficulties (transportation costs and the language barrier in dealing with Chinese manufacturing contact people) more than offset the "labor costs" bugaboo. I went with a New England manufacturer for the tubular steel handle and attaching the handle to the plastic seat. The plastic seat manufacturer is in WI and I still use them to make just the seat portion which now has been used in a pediatric scales mfd. here in MO by a scales mfr. called Cardinal-Detecto Scale Co.
HOORAY for "Making America Make Things Again"!!
Manufacturing: I am still mad at politicians who decided to trash jobs here in the US because it didn't affect them. For example, York, PA was the home for manufacturing Pfaltzgraff pottery/dishes for over 200 years when NAFTA was passed and the plant shut down and moved to Mexico. My Aunt who was a supervisor had to train her replacements in Mexico. The plant was the major employer for the town and without it, the town lost a piece of its soul. The kilns there had to be run 24/7/365. I remember during a blizzard my grandmother made chicken soup to feed the skeleton crew that was keeping the fires going. My aunt lost her job as well as her husband. The whole trajectory of their lives changed all because some elites decided that we didn't need manufacturing in the US.
Grrr! Those elites were part of the deep state/globalist cabal that has been revealed over these past few years. Evil skeevy bastages. Praise God for President Trump and other patriots who are doing something about it!
Proves that all of us have the protential to be deceived. I was listening to Rush Limbaugh shortly before he had to leave his show because of cancer. He had realized that the RINO-UniParty (including the Bush family) had used him to push their agenda knowing that if Rush told conservatives, we would believe him.
ElRushbo lost me when began pushing NAFTA-GATT as a good thing back around 1990. I still listened occasionally because he was the cleanest shirt in the basket and had a wickedly funny sense of humor, but always with awareness that he was capable of making globalism sound like Paradise...
Or as susceptible to deception as the rest of us. I miss him and a local radio personality that died during COVID. His name was Phil Valentine. He also had a great sense of humor. He was the reason I enjoyed my commute home from week each day.
Judge Karin Immergut. Isn't that special. Another Karen whose name means "always well". In this case, she is not well. Trump has the authority. I think this is leading to the firm calling of the Insurrection Act.
Trump appointee
Most likely recommended by a RINO who he unfortunately trusted. Never forget what was going on in Trump 1.0...a live 24/7 coup attempt.
Yep. He admitted he was unknowingly relying on the advice of those with ill intent towards his success.
Yes, in Trump's defense, imagine being an outsider coming into a megalithic government and needing to make untold numbers of appointments. There's no way Trump could know anything at all about the majority of them, and he had to rely on advice from what turned out to be untrustworthy people.
Yep .... that's how we got Christopher Wray (Chris Christie pal) and Amy Coney-Barrett.
I remember Rex Tillotson.
Excellent comment. Truth is truth
Or it is all by design. Trump was/is a reality tv star after all.
Don't be silly. Trump was a CEO of private enterprise. Anyone who worked for the company knew their roles and the limits of their authority. He walked into a vipers nest living under the illusion of the same parameters of employment that happens in the private sector.
If you have never worked for the government with the civilian attitude of "long after you are gone, I will still be here", then there is no way on earth that you could possibly understand what he was in. If you have never had staff who did not understand the limits of their own authority and where that authority came from, then you can never understand what was going on in trump 1.0. If you have never had staff knifing you in the back, then you are still incapable of understanding.
I have done all but my experience was on a smaller level. Trump trusted people who smiled to his face and knifed him in the back.
I would say that he knew he would be betrayed by deep state actors and the useful idiots who carry water (and pens) for them, but that he was probably amazed at how deeply broken and corrupted the system was. But part of the larger plan is to put the spotlight on those whose corruption needs to be thrust out into the light of day, and the rotten system overall. Sometimes a "loss" is a "win" if given enough time...
Remember that old song about the back-stabbers?
But I thought he was a 10 dimensional chess player who was taking down the deep state? Its a joke.
You're either a dimwitted blackpiller, or a troll spreading your FUD. The fact that you're here in this thread space spewing crap like that, has me thinking it's the latter.
Plus attacking him daily as a Russian asset.
Some mistakes were made. A lot of these people hide their true natures.
I saw that, from his first term.
Under the advice of whom? Always curious who he was leaning on at the time. He can't know everything.
How could he have with a made up name like that? He thought he could figure it out himself last time. He might still but he's garnered a better troop so far.
If we can send the NATIONAL Guard to Iraq and Afghanistan, we can sure as hell send it to PORTLAND. Please bring back insane asylums with daily pickup service.
Can't help but think about the Martha's Vineyard National Guard deployment when a handful of illegals/asylum seekers showed up and were deported out of there in a day or two. It was weird to watch the natives expressing love and support while simultaneously booting them out.
Hypocrites! Good for thee (to be trampled on by foreign invaders the Dems allowed in) but not for me. NIMBY.
Can people sue their county governments over having to continually pay property taxes? Has anyone ever done it? Could there be a class action for it? Property taxes are so out of control. In Texas (maybe other states too) homeowners also have to pay PID and MUD taxes in newly developed areas making taxes for a $300,000 as high as 6%!!! It is insane. MUDs can drop off. PIDS never do. One homeowner is suing because the PID was never disclosed to him! Americans need real relief and I think this is one road to getting that.
What chaps my hide is that well over three fourths of our property tax bill goes to the schools. And of course, “education.” It’s right there on the tax bill. So we pay big to have public schools not only churn out woke zombies, but “transitioning” zombies as well.
The property tax on homeowners for government schools has got to be refigured. I had my child in private school paying tuition and was taxed to fund government schools. I haven’t had a child in school for over 20 years. Why am I paying for someone else’s kids? If kids aren’t being taught the basics, shouldn’t the teachers be fired and tax payers refunded?
Some states will issue money to homeschooling parents in surprisingly large amounts, but private school not so much. Not an area I know much about, but definitely worth looking into.
but always with a ton of strings attached....
Schools is the excuse, IMO. I live in a N. California foothills county that is predominantly older and retired people with no kids in any schools any more. There are kids here, but few enough that quite a few schools have closed in the last 10 years. But they keep collecting and raising taxes based on the schools, as well as firefighting costs (that part is OK).
I think the trope is that it’s in everyone’s interest to have a good education system, even if not everyone has kids in it. But that belief has bloated into the schools having too much $$$ and leeway to scourge our kids with bad teaching and with indoctrination. Horrifyingly, I learned of a fourth-grade girl here locally “transitioning” to “male.” Horrifying. I’m in Washington State though. Being horrified at this is not allowed.
I love the way you think!
In my area property taxes pay for services that you may or may not use because you live there - schools, libraries, fire districts, transportation (the local bus), etc. The citizens voted for those with bonds. In case you argue this point, you might not use a service, but you pay for it because you potentially could. Most of us don’t use the bus service, but we voted for it because the people who can’t afford a car use it to get to work. This is the West coast. So how does your area work, if your taxes don’t pay for services like this, how do they get paid?
As states and local governments properly passed laws re: real estate taxes, I do not know how a lawsuit could argue against paying unless perhaps the laws somehow violate state constitution.
It's funny that in the town they are putting in thousands of apartments. Apt dwellers typically have school aged children and use all the same infrastructure yet pay no property taxes and vote to increase school taxes. Perhaps the answer is a usage tax for those that rent?. Even the playing field a little for people like Juju, who can't retire because they can't afford the taxes.
Watch how quickly people stop voting for tax increases when it takes money out of their own pocket.
All landlords roll the cost of property taxes in with all their other costs when assessing what the rental rate will be.
Believe me, renters pay property taxes, just not first hand.
Unless it’s section 8 housing
If you’re like every other place, then it was voted in, bond issues to fund local services. Are you going to sue yourself for voting it in?