[databoss]

Hillary might adopt this plan as a great way for her electrate to "give back"

[camle]

sounds like slavery to me.

[NavVet]

I wonder how many of these seniors never objected to ponzie scheme that is social security. So many vigorously defend the status quo that all but guarantees poverty in retirement for those that trust it.

[sure_fine]

,,,,,, same thing in PA

Seniorworks
TAX REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM Seniorworks 2006 will run from:
January 1 – December 31, 2006
POLICIES & PROCEDURES

Background: With escalating property values in the County, many homeowners are faced with property taxes double or triple from previous years. This can be a significant hardship for some of the county’s senior citizens, especially those on fixed incomes.

http://www.yorkcountygov.com/hr/Senior%20Works%20Application.pdf

[Dixie Yooper]

For example, a 76-year old woman named Audrey Davison lives alone, gets a $620 Social Security check per month ($7,440 a year), and has to pay $12,000 a year in property taxes on the house that she has lived in for 43 years!

This story has been making the rounds for a few weeks now. What I would like to know before jumping to conclusions, is what kink of house Audrey owns. Is it a 2 bedroom 1,800 square foot rambler sitting on a 1/4 acre lot, or an 6 bedroom 5,000 square foot Victorian mansion sitting on a 6 acre parcel? Does she have a nest egg worth millions to take care of her and her house till she dies, or is she house rich, cash poor and on verge of being put out on the street? There is not enough information here for me to get all upset.

[ovrtaxt]

Oh, aren’t the government overlords nice. They’re going to ALLOW people to work to pay taxes!?!??!!?

Who do these control freaks think they are?

[Alberta's Child]

I gotta be honest with you . . . I have very little sympathy for people in this position. Nobody has a God-given right to live in the same place for 43+ years. If the taxes are too high, then this woman basically has three choices: (1) mount a successful campaign to change the existing government in her town and reduce the tax burden; (2) mount a successful campaign to overthrow the existing government in her town and install her own government; or (3) move somewhere else.

The irony is that the people in this town are likely to do whatever it takes to keep retirees like this woman living there -- because if she moves out, she'll likely be replaced by a family that will place an enormous burden on the tax base (if they send their kids to public schools).

[nmh]

Isn’t that nice. Instead of LOWERING taxes they allow the OLD person at 72 years old WORK for her taxes.

Get’s “620 Social Security check per month ($7,440 a year), and has to pay $12,000 a year in property taxes on the house that she has lived in for 43 years.”

Hope she can handle working like this when she’s 90! If not will the street be her new home?

Liberals are so compassionate, aren’t they?

[Mr. Jeeves]

People just have to keep in mind that all land and property ultimately belongs to the government. “Ownership” of real estate grants the “owner” a somewhat greater degree of control over the property than a renter has, but the “owner” still pays rent in the form of property taxes and the government can take its property back from the “owner” any time it feels like doing so.

[ml/nj]

I've tracked down the house in question, I think. If I could figure out how to embed this link you could see it at the seven o'clock position on the dead-end circle visible at:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=6+GREENACRES+LN,+WHITE+PLAINS,+NY+10607&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.630055,104.238281&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=41.033083,-73.831902&spn=0.001991,0.002435&z=18

ML/NJ

[redgolum]

The birth of the Servile State? Ping

[Don Joe]

From AP, we can't believe our eyes when we read, "Plan Would Let Seniors Work to Pay Taxes". It seems that in Greenburgh, N.Y., the damned local government is eating the financial guts out of its citizens.

Is that a gated community?

'Cuz if it is, I know where they can find a slightly-used over-the-gate "welcome to our community" type sign, that really dovetails nicely with the spirit of responsibility and duty they have embraced. Only drawback is it's not in English. It says, "Arbeit Macht Frei"