Comments on Advance Indiana™: Hogsett Beats The Drum Beat That Property Tax Caps Are Bad

Caps are fraud; as they exist in name only. Caps ...

2016-01-09T10:09:22.593-05:00

Caps are fraud; as they exist in name only. Caps are the lower anatomy of what is really a kite; the state flown assessment system or counterfeit "market value." There is no budget either; only a statist spending plan. One-two-three is a cynical, codified system of abuse economic bigotry & inequitable treatment; depending on the sins of "owner type," residential, investment or commercial.

Property tax is an unConstitutional abrogation of individual property rights; a notion that "owners" must rent from the state. We have too much government; more lipid layering of which is not better. If she's to continue singing; the inhumanely proportioned 1200 lb lady has got to shed lbs. Nonconsensual laboring of citizens in service to her unnatural girth is likewise inhumane.

They are a recipe for disaster.

2016-01-08T16:53:44.622-05:00

They are a recipe for disaster.

It's Indiana. Let's hope Hogsett doesn...

2016-01-08T13:16:45.317-05:00

It's Indiana. Let's hope Hogsett doesn't become another Rahm or De Blasio.

Way to simplistic an argument. Caps hurt some are...

2016-01-08T07:45:03.045-05:00

Way to simplistic an argument. Caps hurt some areas (low growth, stagnant incomes) but didn't much effect others (high growth, affluent). Those that were hurt had to increase other revenues, and since increased value properties weren't going to change much, they needed to attract higher income residents, which created the TIF's. Mitch's biggest concern was that school building spending had gotten out of control, and caps squeezed that - if you wanted a shinier school, you had to vote to pay for it.

Nearly $120M in property tax dollars siphoned off ...

2016-01-07T23:30:51.293-05:00

Nearly $120M in property tax dollars siphoned off for pet development projects via TIF! Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

And yet you call it home

2016-01-07T19:26:04.282-05:00

And yet you call it home

Let's be frank: Indianapolis is a dump. Indian...

2016-01-07T16:03:22.088-05:00

Let's be frank: Indianapolis is a dump. Indiana is boring. Indianapolis has crappy roads, a lack of high-speed roads and is missing so many things found in other cities.

The only reason anyone would want to live here is because it's cheap. If you make Indianapolis expensive to keep campaign donors, corporations, government workers and cops well fed and well paid, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio and other cities down south are much better choices to live in.

Lying Joe surrounded by the next group of organize...

2016-01-07T16:00:22.631-05:00

Lying Joe surrounded by the next group of organized liars is almost too much to take at one sitting. I do wonder if Putin meets with all the heads of the Soviet Collective Farms to discuss productivity.