Posted on 01/05/2023 7:15:00 PM PST by george76
This abuse is intentional and must come to an end.
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In 2015, officials in Hennepin County seized an elderly woman's condo and sold it, over about $2,300 of unpaid property taxes, plus $12,700 in penalties, interest and fees. They sold that home for $40,000 and kept every penny, robbing elderly Geraldine Tyler of her home equity.
And that's just one example. From 2014 through 2021, local governments in Minnesota seized and sold at least 1,350 Minnesota homes. The lost savings amounted to an average of $155,000 per home, or 90% of the home's value. Minnesota is one of 12 states, plus the District of Columbia, still allowing these abusive and unconstitutional "tax and take" seizures.
A recent study prepared by Pacific Legal Foundation details how these predatory tax laws work, and the windfall government has taken at the expense of people like Tyler.
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The Takings Clause of the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment requires the government to provide "just compensation" to the owner whenever it takes private property for public use. And the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause prevents the government from imposing excessive financial punishments. Surely taking a huge windfall at the expense of someone like Tyler must violate one of these protections.
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Of course, if you fail to pay your property taxes, you'll likely face consequences like penalties or interest, and in the most serious cases, foreclosure. But the government never should take more than it is owed in taxes, interest, penalties and costs. We hope that soon Minnesotans too will be protected and that state-approved home equity theft a thing of the past.
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Taxation is theft.
It has always been so.
Two strokes of evil genius from the government; property taxes and payroll withholding of income taxes. Can you imagine where we would be right now if everyone had to write a check for their income taxes every year? Not one current politician would be in office. The items funded by property taxes should be funded in such a way, like additional sales tax, that losing your house is not an option. Property taxes should be abolished, but you never hear one politician even bring it up. I wonder why that is?
“You will own nothing and be happy.” By order of the Governor of Minnesota.
Property taxes transfer ownership of all land to the government.
If you don't pay your rent/property tax, they take it from you.
Rule 308 applies here.
And the 3S rule.
PLF currently has three home equity theft-related petitions from homeowners pending before the Supreme Court, all of which are scheduled to be considered by the justices on Jan. 6, 2023.
One of those three cases is Tyler v. Hennepin County, court file 22-166, is from Minnesota.
Was the woman, referenced in the article, disabled, a military vet or otherwise exempt from Property Taxes and was evicted improperly?
If you're not exempt, consider moving, the only way to mess with taxes is to move to some other place that has lower ones as where is no state or country that does not have property taxes from what I can see.
Hawaii has the lowest 0.31%, followed by Alabama 0.37%
Two cities in New Jersey have the highest, both at 3.18%: Elizabeth and Paterson. You couldn't pay me to live there.
Consider which states and counties have senior citizen realistic property tax reduction. Most cities have unrealistic property tax reduction for citizens usually for high property values or other distinctions. But some have realistic property tax reduction.
I lived in Cherokee County Georgia, my property tax bill went down 66% after I qualified for the senior reduction.
If you are not a senior citizen, you may qualify for a Homestead exemption for your primary residence.
But don't mess with not paying your taxes. If you are disabled or your adult children or neighbors see that you are disabled, check with your county or State immediately so your home may not be lost.
Ultra liberal Minnesota proves that when government controls equity, that includes your home equity.
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