re: All the crap I pay with my property taxes

Posted by LeonPhelps

Member since May 2008

8185 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:06 pm to mmcgrath

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And btw, libraries also lend out e-books, videos, etc nowadays. Or maybe yours doesn't because of all the trailer trash complaining about their taxes

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How much do you think property taxes should be?

Practically zero. I would pay for fire department, mosquito abatement, and police for my area. Nothing else on my bill seems at all reasonable.

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Posted by son of arlo

State of Innocence

Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:08 pm to genuineLSUtiger

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And absolutely no one feels sorry for you.

Well for one, I do. I pay ~$400/year for 52 acres + ~ $400k of improvements. Don't got no services, and don't want no services.

IB4 gumpland! Hey, I'm living the American Dream and wonder how many know what that is anymore.

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Posted by Jagd Tiger

The Kinder, Gentler Jagd

Member since Mar 2014

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Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:11 pm to Green Chili Tiger

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Wow! Your property taxes are cheap!

IKR!

Posted by mmcgrath

Indianapolis

Member since Feb 2010

35386 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:20 pm to LeonPhelps

Government should not be funding these things. Lol at thinking of me as trailer trash simply because I hate paying taxes. I have a masters degree and am one of the most erudite individuals you would ever meet. I am going to call BS on this. Of course you seem to believe that a Masters degree sets you on some distinctive level too.

But OK. You are not "trailer park" trash, technically speaking.

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Practically zero. I would pay for fire department, mosquito abatement, and police for my area. Nothing else on my bill seems at all reasonable.

I hope there aren't really people who think like that.

Posted by plazadweller

South Georgia

Member since Jul 2011

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Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:20 pm to LeonPhelps

You have cheap property taxes

Posted by mmcgrath

Indianapolis

Member since Feb 2010

35386 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:22 pm to son of arlo

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Well for one, I do. I pay ~$400/year for 52 acres + ~ $400k of improvements. Don't got no services, and don't want no services.

IB4 gumpland! Hey, I'm living the American Dream and wonder how many know what that is anymore.

Please tell the OP where you live then. Hopefully he can stop bothering his neighbors then.

Yup, you are living your own version of the American Dream. And if we can just put all of you like minded Americans in one place then the rest of us can suffer with our libraries, paved roads, public schools, etc.

Posted by Srbtiger06

Member since Apr 2006

28259 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:23 pm to mmcgrath

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Yup, you are living your own version of the American Dream. And if we can just put all of you like minded Americans in one place then the rest of us can suffer with our libraries, paved roads, public schools, etc.

"tolerance"

Posted by LeonPhelps

Member since May 2008

8185 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:24 pm to mmcgrath

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I hope there aren't really people who think like that.

There are quite a few of us. Most of my close friends. We are mostly libertarian.

This post was edited on 12/16/14 at 7:25 pm

Posted by mmcgrath

Indianapolis

Member since Feb 2010

35386 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:26 pm to Srbtiger06

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"tolerance"

If you don't like libraries or public schools, don't move into a neighborhood with them and then complain about paying for them.

Posted by LeonPhelps

Member since May 2008

8185 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:27 pm to LeonPhelps

Atlas Shrugged is my favorite book. I hope to one day create a libertarian paradise like they did in the book.

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Posted by Srbtiger06

Member since Apr 2006

28259 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:27 pm to mmcgrath

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If you don't like libraries or public schools, don't move into a neighborhood with them and then complain about paying for them.

Or we could just put everyone like you that is ok with spending whatever on everything then that'd be great.

Posted by mmcgrath

Indianapolis

Member since Feb 2010

35386 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:31 pm to LeonPhelps

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Atlas Shrugged is my favorite book. I hope to one day create a libertarian paradise like they did in the book.

It's been found in Alabama. What's holding you back?

Posted by genuineLSUtiger

Nashville

Member since Sep 2005

72931 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:31 pm to son of arlo

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Hey, I'm living the American Dream and wonder how many know what that is anymore.

And billions around the world are starving. But you got yours. Congrats.

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Posted by OldTigahFot

Drinkin' with the rocket scientists

Member since Jan 2012

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Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:39 pm to LeonPhelps

Wow, SMH @ people in LA complaining about property taxes.

Posted by LSURussian

Member since Feb 2005

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Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:44 pm to genuineLSUtiger

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And billions around the world are starving. But you got yours. Congrats.

Wow. How much of your property tax payment goes to feed those people?

Posted by iAmBatman

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Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:45 pm to LeonPhelps

You do know that Ayn Rand took government assistance to pay for her medical treatments?

Posted by LeonPhelps

Member since May 2008

8185 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:48 pm to iAmBatman

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You do know that Ayn Rand took government assistance to pay for her medical treatments?

While deeply disappointing, that in no way, shape, or form changes how I feel about the book.

Posted by iAmBatman

The Batcave

Member since Mar 2011

12382 posts

Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:49 pm to LeonPhelps

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Practically zero. I would pay for fire department, mosquito abatement, and police for my area. Nothing else on my bill seems at all reasonable.

So we should only pay for the things that you think are reasonable? That doesn't sound like a democracy to me...sounds more like a dictatorship. Do you want to live in a dictatorship?