Oh look. Government left me cute little note on my door.

[GUN NUT in IA]

There are at least four "values" on my house.


What I gave for it, when I bought it.

What I can sell it for, if I wanted.

What the assessor thinks it is worth after having no interest in buying or selling it.

What my insurance agent thinks it is worth, if it comes up missing.


The spread on those numbers is over $150,000.

 

[lonegunman762x51]

When I lived in Spokane Wa, I lived next to a Russian gangster, his new construction, very nice, 4,500 sq.ft. house on 5 acres with a 600 foot paved driveway, 40x60 shop and massive detached 3-car garage with mother-in-law set up was assessed at $67,000. My 2,700 sq.ft. home on 2 acres with a smaller shop was assessed at $340,000.

I called the county assessor and asked for my property value to be lowered to $50,000 based on the value of my neighbors and damn if they didn't get shitty. I then asked if they wanted a nice, "donation" similar to whatever the Russians pay for lower assessments. I added this observation to an ongoing news story on corruption in the assessor's office.

The assessor is there to create home values high enough to raise taxes without actually "raising taxes" and use underhanded means to extort money from working families.

 

[SonicBurlap]

Property taxes for both house & business are going nuts this year.

All a result of Democrat voter tax migration from California, Oregon, New York, a.s.o. They move to the Mountains and mainland because the morons they voted for have devastated their state and made their tax bill so high they can't afford it any longer. Our states to them seem a "bargain", but they did not leave the real reason that prompted their move behind - their anti-freedom, anti-human ideology, and their voting pattern that creates exactly what they left behind. Socialism hurts those who believe in it, and those who don't .

Supposedly we don't have double taxation, and yet you pay sales taxes on your property when you buy it, you pay property taxes on your property every year while you own it, you pay sales tax on every bit of improvements you make on it while you own it and watch property taxes go up as a result of it, and when you sell it you pay taxes on the money you get for it. I guess we really don't have double taxation it's more like quintuple, or more taxation. It seems to be the socialist way to "sweeten the pot" to give up your property, give up your individual rights, and accept total slavery to the bureaucracy. Problem is I can't taste sweets.

Worse of all those ass-essors are not elected but appointed pencil pusher-enforcers, who get to run their own asylum.

 

[308pirate]

Gotta have all that money to waste on sports and not on educating our kids

I vote down every single school levy every year

 

[SonicBurlap]

Same here! Kids should be educated and not indoctrinated, and it needs to be the parents interest and obligation to make that happen, not the goober-ment and not on the home owner's dime. Don't get me wrong I believe in supporting charter schools and home school education but "public" schools are about as sanitary as public bathrooms with their socialist agenda.

 

[SonicBurlap]

But they are from the government and they are there to help. Let them in.

They better have a warrant.

 

[W54/XM-388]

Never let the bastards in my house .

Yes, that's pretty much the advice anyone familiar with the process will give you.
At least here they have no right to go in your house unless you let them in & they can't go stomping around your property (but they do trespass anyways when you are not home and use drones when they can't).

 

[TheGerman]

I vote down every single school levy every year

Same.

I dont think there's been a tax for anything that I've ever voted for.

I'm still trying to figure out what my property tax bill is for because when going through the itemized version, the only thing we actually use on the entire thing is like $80 for mosquito abatement.

But under no cimrcumstances do you EVER let them in your house. And I mean EVER.

What I had mentioned about Florida had these shady fucks literally telling people that they were required to let them in. Unless they can physically prove there are upgrades, they can't assess for them even if they think they're there; if they do assess, ask for proof. When they say there is none but they want to come look, keep going back to how theres no proof of what they assed.

Then if they want to 'come look' stick with the fact they have no proof and tell them to fuck off because you're not required to do anything to 'help' them. Which is ironic, because helping them is literally fucking you over.

 

[SonicBurlap]

Same.

I dont think there's been a tax for anything that I've ever voted for.

I'm still trying to figure out what my property tax bill is for because when going through the itemized version, the only thing we actually use on the entire thing is like $80 for mosquito abatement.

Most of it goes for the creation of a new generation of socialists, indoctrinated with revisionist history, and non-constitution based civics, common core non-math, global "climate change" "science-ology", and the very important, or was it impotent, transgender and Gee! BLT sex education - whatever a good socialist subject needs.

 

[308pirate]

Same.

I dont think there's been a tax for anything that I've ever voted for.

I'm still trying to figure out what my property tax bill is for because when going through the itemized version, the only thing we actually use on the entire thing is like $80 for mosquito abatement.

But under no cimrcumstances do you EVER let them in your house. And I mean EVER.

What I had mentioned about Florida had these shady fucks literally telling people that they were required to let them in. Unless they can physically prove there are upgrades, they can't assess for them even if they think they're there; if they do assess, ask for proof. When they say there is none but they want to come look, keep going back to how theres no proof of what they assed.

Then if they want to 'come look' stick with the fact they have no proof and tell them to fuck off because you're not required to do anything to 'help' them. Which is ironic, because helping them is literally fucking you over.

My wife is one of those idiots who will not stand up to any govt bureaucrat. SMFH.

 

[wildcats]

They want more of your money to subsidize the new sanctuary cities for all the illegal migrant caravans coming to your town in the near future.

 

[isofahunter]

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They better have a warrant.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I"'m from the government and I'm here to help"
Ronald Regan

My humor was missed.

 

[SonicBurlap]

[

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I"'m from the government and I'm here to help"
Ronald Regan

My humor was missed.

Wasn't missed, very familiar with that quote and very much appreciated, reminds me of a time when things were still generally in order, but today's crop of DINOs (*Democrats In Name Only" a.k.a. Marxists) have no sense of humor, exhibit a. them turning on their own comedian jesters at SNL. Their whole program these days looks like they stole it straight out of the script of the movie "Idiocracy" they don't need caricatures, they are the caricatures.

 

[Bender]

I’ll just tell them to stop sending them over because I’m running out of room burying them under the addition.

 

[Feif64]

I’ll just tell them to stop sending them over because I’m running out of room burying them under the addition.

That escalated quickly

 

[TheGerman]

I’ll just tell them to stop sending them over because I’m running out of room burying them under the addition.

How long does it take for the lye to make more room?

 

[Bender]

How long does it take for the lye to make more room?

Not fast enough

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Not fast enough

You only use Lime & bleach after the hogs get down,... did you parents not teach you anything?

 

[GySgt Smith JE]

Those douche bags left a note like that on my door a couple of weeks back. My wife was pulling into the garage and they walked up and asked to come in. Lucky for me shes semi-smart and told them she didn't feel comfortable with them coming in without me there. They haven't came back by yet but I'm sure they'll try.

 

[Schroedernd]

I love my disabled veterans exemption in my state that pretty much guarantees my taxes will remain $3100 a year for life as long as I stay in this house.......

 

[MTL75]

I feel sorry for you guys. My property taxes have been $499 (yes only three digits) for several years. Just got the bill in the other day for this year and it dropped. Not by much... But it surprisingly went down.

 

[W54/XM-388]

I feel sorry for you guys. My property taxes have been $499 (yes only three digits) for several years. Just got the bill in the other day for this year and it dropped. Not by much... But it surprisingly went down.

Very nice.

Add a 0 to that number and you'll be in the ballpark of property taxes around this area for a average small 1600sqft house.

 

[MTL75]

Very nice.

Add a 0 to that number and you'll be in the ballpark of property taxes around this area for a average small 1600sqft house.

Yeah that blows. Mine is 1900 sqft full brick on a golf course. Alabama, not in city limits...

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Very nice.

Add a 0 to that number and you'll be in the ballpark of property taxes around this area for a average small 1600sqft house.

Be retired plus over 65 in my state with only have savings an SS as a income, an your total will be $000.00 every year.

 

[W54/XM-388]

Be retired plus over 65 in my state with only have savings an SS as a income, an your total will be $000.00 every year.

Which is good if you are retired & don't have additional income streams, but I'm guessing the local government is more than happy to tax all the younger working folks extra to make up the difference.

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Which is good if you are retired & don't have additional income streams, but I'm guessing the local government is more than happy to tax all the younger working folks extra to make up the difference.

Not really, legalized theft is lower here, than most places

 

[W54/XM-388]

Not really, legalized theft is lower here, than most places

That's good to hear because over in Texas the whole "You don't own anything, you just rent it from the government" is getting a bit out of control... as much as your mortgage style out of control sometimes.

 

[Spblademaker]

We had them come around a year or so back. Guy started asking me questions about the house. I said, “What do you have down from your old records.” He said he didn’t have them. I told him nothing changed since then and closed the door.

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

That's good to hear because over in Texas the whole "You don't own anything, you just rent it from the government" is getting a bit out of control... as much as your mortgage style out of control sometimes.

I went thur that in Indiana in the early 70's. Had a 1200 sq ft home an it was 1,200.00 bucks a year once it was finished. I never finished it until the day I put it on the market. Base boards were never instilled until then, tell me the rules I'll play. LOL