Posted on 11/09/2009 9:44:03 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Most towns in NJ are getting killed by the county and state taxes used to fund the huge cess poll welfare cities...even the city of newark has its education system paid for by the state, er, the rest of the taxpayers in the state.
We pay $9000 a year on a $450k house. We have septic & well, K-8 schools and are a sending district. The only thing we have different than Harding is that garbage is included in our taxes.
So, $36k for a $6M home is a low rate in NJ!
It is interesting that there is a correlation between modest taxes, reduced services, AND local volunteerism. That’s the way it used to be.
When you pay more and work longer just to pay taxes, you think (or I think) “I’m tired, I already gave at the office, so to speak,” and volunteering and community connectedness are diminished.
Are you in NJ? Maybe your local government needs to be looked at if your taxes are that high and services relatively minor. You are paying 1/4 of the taxes of the referenced Harding property for a house roughly 1/12 its value. Private trash collection in this area is @ $30-40/ month for 2x week plus recycled/yard debris pickup.
If my calculations are correct (and I am NO mathematician), taxes on your property in Harding would be $2700 a year. That $6300/year in your pocket probably wouldn’t hurt. Ok, so $5800 after trash.
I’m not too sure why the article couldn’t have referred to a more modest property. $6M is well above average for any town in the US outside Beverly Hills.
Yep, we are in NJ and most of our township government is part time. I am not sure what the money is used for. My wife and I plan on looking into it.
Let us know when you run for your township board. Seriously, it’s stuff like this that gets ordinary citizens to want to have some control over how THEIR money is spent. If not, hope you can find out where the $$$ goes.
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