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I agree. However, this is the way the system is. People complain that all the special after school activities are being cut. They all want these special programs. However, these are the same people complaining there taxes are too high.
After school activities are not why the taxes are so high.
I totally agree ; after school activities are not what raises the taxes. if it were so, why couldnt the parents pay more for the after school activities and then the kids that are involved in them, pay for the privelidge of going to them.
Why do the whole tax paying force have to pay for these?
After school programs are off topic. The point is taxes are based on assessments and total tax base. If your neighbor wins a grievance, YOUR taxes go up. If your house declined LESS than your neighbor's, YOUR tax goes up. If sales tax revenues come in below projections, YOUR tax goes up. You can vote for .00001% increase and your taxes can go up 10+% with ease. Welcome to Long Island! This includes school taxes. There is a fixed amount of revenue to be collected. If someone pays less, someone else pays more!
Tells you something about Long Island when the OP's question regarding whether such an increase in taxes is normal, is actually a fair question, and not just rhetorical.
Tells you something about Long Island when the OP's question regarding whether such an increase in taxes is normal, is actually a fair question, and not just rhetorical.
So true. It's sad that it is a valid question for Long Island. Threads like this make me glad I moved. A $1K annual property tax increase is ridiculous.
Thing is, Long Islanders are brainwashed into voting yes for ALL school budgets. Most folks do not do any research and seldom realize that they are getting strong-armed into passing the budgets due to the false fear that their property values will go down and every school district will eventually resemble Wyandanch, Freeport, or Roosevelt.
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So true. It's sad that it is a valid question for Long Island. Threads like this make me glad I moved. A $1K annual property tax increase is ridiculous.
Welcome to New York State. If you work for the government or public services you get paid well. If you work in the private sector you get paid peanuts. This isn't about teacher salaries, it's about public vs. private. New York State is hostile to the private sector in many ways. The only private sector jobs that are getting paid well here are healthcare and elite Manhattan business. It's obvious that NYS does not like private sector industry by having high taxes for residents and business and not wanting to promote private company growth. Even "Socialist California" is more private sector friendly than New York.
The high taxes mean more than public sector salaries. It's like the state sending a message "work in the public sector or be prepared to get paid nothing and have high taxes."
Welcome to New York State. If you work for the government or public services you get paid well. If you work in the private sector you get paid peanuts. This isn't about teacher salaries, it's about public vs. private. New York State is hostile to the private sector in many ways. The only private sector jobs that are getting paid well here are healthcare and elite Manhattan business. It's obvious that NYS does not like private sector industry by having high taxes for residents and business and not wanting to promote private company growth. Even "Socialist California" is more private sector friendly than New York.
The high taxes mean more than public sector salaries. It's like the state sending a message "work in the public sector or be prepared to get paid nothing and have high taxes."
Voters don't get any blame?! Keep voting in the Kate Murrays and Pat Vecchios of the world. Obstructionists to ANY business development or modernization and friends to every NIMBY buffoon.
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