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bunnyjenkins@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Here in the United States, this issue and this sign are advocating for what? This man is where? At his county commissioner meeting? This sign implies we want the federal government in our local tax policy? I mean really? GTFO with this garbage. Stay the F out of my busniess, if I don’t like property tax, that comes with my local vote, and has nothing to do with the federal government. I could bet someone paid this tool to stand with this sign because someone who doesn’t understand decentralized local government power wants to make a point about something that has nothing to do with social security.

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Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

This sign implies we want the federal government in our local tax policy?

Where do you read this implication from?

I’m really asking because I might be missing something, because my background is so different.

To me it reads like he thinks local taxes should work differently, either be lower, or be raised based on a different factor other than property value. But I can’t see the federal connection.

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irish_link@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Or it could be argued that the local county or city is taxing them so much they can’t survive and they are essentially taking federal money even though they claim to not need federal money.

But hey I’m just a guy who knows plenty of people who look like this who advocate for better social programs. In most places that have county commissioners, their salary is paid by a percentage of the property tax. This may explain the increase in tax or the increase in allowing too many high density locations that have a property tax associated with them.

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