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Typical bitter middle aged white man. His answer to solve America's problems is to bring everyone's wage down to his level. Rather than aspire to raise the middle class standard of living he want's to tear it down. He votes FOR the party that MOST favors the rich. He votes FOR the party the MOST favors outsourcing jobs. He votes FOR the party that MOST favors leaving workers defensless to whatever corporations can get away with.
Survival of the fittest.... Dog eat dog.
He thinks by bringing your wage down he will win.
While I don't support workingclassheros fingerpointing at certain groups, one has to understand that on LI, we are being taxed to death and paying dearly for overpriced civil servants and teachers. Does a $100K kindergarden teacher teach any better than a $50K one?
My school taxes represent 67% of my tax bill (county property tax includes police district, lighting district, sanitation district, and school tax.) I live in an area which is heavily Democratic, my parents lived in one which was traditionally Republican and ALL of our taxes have risen meteorically.
NYS is paying out excessive amounts of money in social services to citizens and non citizens alike. That is a big problem.
why should a suffolk county cop (regular PO, not a shield) be making 120k?
why are the teachers making 100k
why do the sanitation workers make so much
unions have twisted the arm of the municapalities so much that we the peopel are being taxed to death....I pay 14k in property taxes a year, 9k of it to the schools , and i still have to send 'supplies' (to include toilet paper) in to school......why to you think people are FLEEING new york in droves???? because we are taxed to death by the robbing unions and their patrinage jobs
Since you bring up the Sanitation workers and how much they make, did you vote for Kate Murray?
I do agree that in some cases unions are to blame, for instance the $437,000 payout Belesi received leaving the NCPD in 2001, for working 8 months was asinine, and we need to put an end to contracts like that.
Typical bitter middle aged white man. His answer to solve America's problems is to bring everyone's wage down to his level. Rather than aspire to raise the middle class standard of living he want's to tear it down. He votes FOR the party that MOST favors the rich. He votes FOR the party the MOST favors outsourcing jobs. He votes FOR the party that MOST favors leaving workers defensless to whatever corporations can get away with.
Survival of the fittest.... Dog eat dog.
He thinks by bringing your wage down he will win.
It appears that anytime someone has an opinion that differs from your own and provides facts to back up said opinion, your standard operating procedure is to bring race into the conversation. That's pretty low class, not to mention extremely lazy.
While I don't support workingclassheros fingerpointing at certain groups, one has to understand that on LI, we are being taxed to death and paying dearly for overpriced civil servants and teachers. Does a $100K kindergarden teacher teach any better than a $50K one?
My school taxes represent 67% of my tax bill (county property tax includes police district, lighting district, sanitation district, and school tax.) I live in an area which is heavily Democratic, my parents lived in one which was traditionally Republican and ALL of our taxes have risen meteorically.
NYS is paying out excessive amounts of money in social services to citizens and non citizens alike. That is a big problem.
thats why i left NY. i live in sw CO and my prop taxes are 800 per year on a 4 bd victorian home
not sure but 800 covers school librairy marshall ambulance roads and such, no extras. i love LI but had to go and so glad i did. you people are getting ripped off big time. got 2 sisters and 1 brother still there and they are hurting with the taxes
not sure but 800 covers school librairy marshall ambulance roads and such, no extras. i love LI but had to go and so glad i did. you people are getting ripped off big time. got 2 sisters and 1 brother still there and they are hurting with the taxes
Just out of curiosity, what percentage of fair market value are the annual property taxes on LI?
It can range anywhere from about 1.2% to 2.25%, depending on the school district, most are probably in the 1.65% to 1.85% range.
Thanks, Smash! Here in the Chicago area, we pay 1.8% to 2.5%, also depending on the school district, which collects about 3/4 of the tax bill. So, figure $9,000 or so each year on a $400,000 house, which is a very modest home in the more sought after areas. In the best neighborhoods, homes are in the multi-million dollar range. I know LI prices are much higher.
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