California Targets Private Property With Latest Water Well Fees, Charges: Report

[ultrarunner]

Where ever I have lived the lions share of property tax is education...

In California 26 special assessments on my city property as line items in addition to the statewide 1%.

Special assessments ranging from $7 for mosquitoes to hundreds of dollars for street lights... we have no street lights but it's for the city overall...

Second to schools and what takes up most of the budget without earmarks is city and county pensions...

My good friend is retired city manager from two cities and the number one projection to disaster is increasing pension liability...

 

[MossRoad]

Guessing those came up with that idea has for gotten about Boston Tea Party.

The Boston tea party was about taxation without representation. We have representation. We may not like them, but we have them.

 

[California]

The Boston tea party was about taxation without representation. We have representation. We may not like them, but we have them.

Actually more research into that has contributed to 'Critical Race Theory' - the history that can't be discussed in schools.

Tossing the tea was the specific event that thumbed the nose at the British. But the larger picture was that Britain was abolishing the importation of more slaves into the UK, was about to abolish importation into the West Indies etc, and the move to end British slavery everywhere was underway. (finally enacted in 1833). The American colonists refused to accept abolition so they had to secede from the British empire to preserve the slave-based portion of economic prosperity here.

No representation in Parliament made American's voices irrelevant regarding taxation ... and continued slavery.

 

[jwmorris]

you are paying them for the services

Well, that’s the solution then. Individuals are obviously not paying them enough. If they coughed up as much as the people they are supposed to be protecting us from, they might have our best interest in mind…

 

[IndyJay]

Somewhere aound 30 years or so ago, Washington sate propsed to do that. It got shot down before it even got off the ground.

My, how times have changed. Private companies now voluntarily report on their customers to the government.

Big brother? Hell, the whole family is watching you.

 

[Eagle1]

Services --- our schools are on 4 day week since the state change how local property taxes are distributed. Not sure how much longer they will operate the system. My county road has been graded once this year,many others not at all. Our sheriff deputies spend more time re-arresting people that did not show for court than new offenses. I know one that has been arrested 16 times this year alone for failure to appear. Each time he was released with a new court date. Even theft of firearms does not warrant police intervention, neither does cattle theft these days.
I pay my property taxes because it the right thing and will continue to do so but I maintain my part of the county road and ditches and handle my own security.

 

[ultrarunner]

It is interesting what has priority and what doesn't when it comes to enforcement and allocation of tax dollars.

The city streets are on a 100 year paving schedule if they don't forget!

 

[Alan W.]

anyone else like chili?

With or without beans

Carry on

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Where ever I have lived the lions share of property tax is education...

In California 26 special assessments on my city property as line items in addition to the statewide 1%.

Special assessments ranging from $7 for mosquitoes to hundreds of dollars for street lights... we have no street lights but it's for the city overall...

Second to schools and what takes up most of the budget without earmarks is city and county pensions...

My good friend is retired city manager from two cities and the number one projection to disaster is increasing pension liability...

The elected officials made decisions years ago which are still trickling down with regard to public employee pensions.

One every decade most States require that the Stae and all political subdivisions do a compensation study, to determine what a fair salary for their workers is. Then they try to get to parity with other employers. A lot of the entities included the pension benefit in their calcs as a benefit. Which allowed them to pay lower wages.

Problem was, that just pushed the cost down the road for the next folks to deal with. Wasn’t a problem until the baby boomers started retiring, and they suddenly had to pay those wages they had deferred for thirty years.

 

[Gem99ultra]

Actually more research into that has contributed to 'Critical Race Theory' - the history that can't be discussed in schools.

Tossing the tea was the specific event that thumbed the nose at the British. But the larger picture was that Britain was abolishing the importation of more slaves into the UK, was about to abolish importation into the West Indies etc, and the move to end British slavery everywhere was underway. (finally enacted in 1833). The American colonists refused to accept abolition so they had to secede from the British empire to preserve the slave-based portion of economic prosperity here.

No representation in Parliament made American's voices irrelevant regarding taxation ... and continued slavery.

Interesting viewpoint, but I see nothing at all about continued slavery.

Boston Tea Party - Wikipedia

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