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...when I was a kid (not that long ago) it was very rare in my circles for elderly people to live alone like this. Most of my friends who had surviving grandparents had those grandparents living in their home with them.

That's sweet. Apparently this lady does not have that advantage, however. Perhaps her children moved to San Francisco for a job opportunity; perhaps she wasn't blessed with children; perhaps a daughter-in-law isn't fond of her and doesn't want Mom living with her. Or perhaps, like me, she loves her home and garden and does not want to have to live in someone else's basement. Who knows.

So where is it, exactly, that you are suggesting she move, now that local government is chasing her out of her home? Since all of downstate New York has high property tax rates, she would have to move out of the area altogether. Away from friends, relatives, a place she knows? Why should she do that MERELY BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY CONSISTS OF LEFTISTS WHO WANT TO STEAL AND SPEND EVERY PENNY THEY CAN LAY THEIR HANDS ON?

Trust me, no matter how high the tax rate is, the government there will want to spend more.

Wait a minute. I thought I'd signed up with a conservative forum that was opposed to taxation. You write like a tax-and-spend liberal. Does it really seem reasonable to you that a homeowner should have to pay at this ridiculous rate every year? What happened to the conservative notion of low taxes and low government involvement?

This article is not about taxes that are too high . . . it is about taxes that are too high for certain people. See Post #43. There is a hidden agenda at work here, and it is part of an ongoing process under which more and more people (in this case, an elderly person living on a fixed income) will end up being supported at the expense of a shrinking number of taxpayers.

I should correct myself . . . this article is right along the lines of what you’ve stated, but this story first came to light within the last week or so in a number of articles about the impact of high property taxes on senior citizens. Make no mistake about it — the ultimate goal here in the New York City area is a California-type system under which people who live in an area for a long time pay lower property taxes than their neighbors.