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anygunanywhere wrote:The fantasy that our taxes will somehow decrease is just that, a fantasy. The states, counties, and all the rest of the taxing entities will still get their quartof blood even if property taxes are decreased. Once they get their teeth in your leg they don't let go.

My feeling as well. I suspect this "property tax relief" is, like with many issues, just an attempt to have the appearance of doing something, while actually doing nothing. Meanwhile, the masses, dazed by their exploding property taxes, will excitedly follow like lemmings.

Just what "property tax relief" is being proposed? Counties use property taxes like an ATM. It's nuts. I put up a little carport to park my tractor under: pow, here comes the county making me pay annual property taxes on it.

We also pay "double taxes." We live in one county and pay full property taxes for that county. However, we're in a school district of a school located in a nearby county, so we pay THAT county's taxes as well. Never mind the fact that we're about 50 years past having any kids in school......

So what is this "property tax relief"? For me, it's in the category of "I'll believe it when I see it."