Taxed beyond relief (School and Property Taxes in PA/NJ)

The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | October 4th, 2005 | Rita Giordano

[Michael Barnes]

I couldn't imagine 20K in property taxes..That's criminal.

[Physicist]

I recently fled Lansdowne (just outside of Philly) for Gilbertsville (halfway to Reading). The tax rate here is less than half what it was in Lansdowne, and EVERYTHING is better...except the radio reception! LOL

[Mo1]

Your kidding right? I don't remember hearing that..Not that I doubt you

Not kidding .. it was a few years back that the State had to come in and take over because Philly School Administration was so messed up

[Mrs. Shawnlaw]

"We made sacrifices so we could benefit in the future. I'm not sure what kind of benefits I'm going to reap right now."


Oh, cry me a river, Puh-Leze! I am so sick of hearing about retirees 'but I'm on fixed income (sniffsniff)' Well guess what geezers so are us younger folk raising kids on more money going OUT of our paycheck because of YOUR precious Socialist Security!!

Go get your free shoes from Medicare and your freebie Fat People Cart and take up the whole aisle somewhere else!! Don't forget to thank the professional pedicurist for me as you walk out the door too!

This totally frosts me. I bet a dollar if they moved the kids might move too. They got to take most of their paycheck home when they were my age. Now I have to give up more and more of it for them and government schools.

Thanx FDR!

[silverleaf]

Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop could have probably moved to Delaware and kept family closer. Or the two sons could have paid Mom-Mom to babysit (assuming one of both of them are paying for child care). Or Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop could have considered a reverse mortgage and spent their kids' inheritance. But it sounds like a new house in Del Boca Vista Florida was part of the attraction. Florida will be a cold and lonely place for a lot of old peoplr with no local support network.

I worry about rapacious property taxes too. No longer can see long term plans to stay in my house. Yes, we do not own property anymore in America, we are "leasing" from the government.

[Skooz]

Property taxes are immoral.

[Mrs. Shawnlaw]

Property taxes are immoral.

Totally agree. It's an envy tax. You've got more than me so you should pay up! It's the same with cell phone use legislation. You've got one, I don't, pay up. (Despite the fact that taxes on phones exceeds the contract use).

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Move to Florida!

No state income tax.

I live in a suburb of Orlando in Seminole County. Look at the cap in property taxes we have:

Effective January 1, 1995, the annual increase in value for residential property with a homestead exemption is limited by constitutional amendment approved by the voters. State laws and regulations have been put into force to implement this limit.

The “Save Our Homes Amendment”, (sometimes referred to as “Amendment 10”) became effective January 1, 1995 as an amendment to the Florida Constitution.

It was voted upon and passed by a Florida citizen’s initiative on November 3, 1992. The amendment stated that the annual assessment of homestead property shall not exceed the lower of either three percent (3%) of the assessment for the prior year or the percent increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

So, there you have it. Very low cap on property taxes and ZERO state income tax. Leave the BS behind and come to Florida.

[Spirited]

You have to understand that it is the right of the illegals to have their children educated even though they don't pay the taxes. In fact the State also pays for their college education deficit since they are allowed to pay in-state tuition scales and get most of the scholarships available due to "need".

[Nat Turner]

Goodbye FROST/RUSTBELT

Hello SUN/BIBLEBELT

[Mamzelle]

re: 3. I am sorry that seniors are being forced out of their housing due to high taxes. Have they voted for candidates for lower taxes?)))

My thoughts along the same line. Both PA and NJ are old, corrupt Democrat regimes. I'll bet these crying folks came from union families who couldn't think of voting any other way but Democrat. Now they've discovered that their middle-class lifestyles have made them into the bad old rich people they loved to hate--only now the taxes are driving them from their homes.

Does Rendell care?

[chiefqc]

While the tax payers pay more, fast eddie and our other elected officals give themselves a fat increase in pay in the dark of night.

[Michael Barnes]

Been very busy with work..How much did they dole out themselves?

[Michael Barnes]

Been busy with work, AND not keeping up..

[Fudd]

Move to Florida!

And deal with the maniacs on I-95?

[chiya]

You understand correctly,

[chiya]

Hey it is, at the home health agency where I work we have several patients that the PDA waiver program (funded by the lottery) pays us to send a nurse out monthly or bi-monthly to cut their toenails.


I went to nursing school to cut toenails. yeah right.

[Moby Grape]

You mentioned that the ASSESSORS are coming over tonight....This is how they come through the back door to make sure that the educrats still get more money to waste...

The fine folks in Alabama voted down an education tax increase, by more than 60%...so here come the property tax assessors, RAISING property values, which means they will get their money to waste.

[Huck]

It's pathetic. I'm sitting in here with the shades pulled. I just don't even want to see them. Something tells me if they see the inside, the price will go up, so I don't want them to come in. They're probably trying to do the same thing here. The good folks in Sussex County NJ believe it or not are pretty stolid folks. We keep voting down the educrat referendums. You see plenty of signs against at voting time, nary a sign pro.

[Huck]

Attractive offer, but I love mountains too much to ever live in FLA. We just have to get our messes straightened out.