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« on: April 09, 2018, 03:54:29 pm »
 â€˜Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them to move
Originally published April 2, 2018 at 6:00 am Updated April 3, 2018 at 10:19 am


The Seattle Times has collected hundreds of reader responses to the tax hike. Many who said they’re retired or disabled, and living on fixed incomes, offered emotional stories of being unable to afford the heftier rate.
 
Jessica Lee By Jessica Lee
 

Dennis Hall imagined living his whole life in the country-style home he and his wife built in Kirkland for $55,000 in 1980.

But the couple, now retirees on a fixed income, say the latest tax bill for their property — valued at $1.2 million — is forcing them to rethink their golden years, sell the beloved home and move.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/enough-is-enough-some-local-homeowners-say-this-years-property-tax-increase-will-force-them-to-move/
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2018, 04:03:46 pm »
Suck it liberals. You reap what you sow. Deal with the consequences of your beliefs and don't come crying to me.
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2018, 04:05:42 pm »
They'll simply find another nest to foul.
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2018, 04:49:18 pm »
Lol!  This is typical of how leftists run and ruin things.  What's funny is... I have a friend in Texas that's worried about Texas property taxes going sky high.... that wants to move to Seattle (she has liberal friends there).  Just sent her an email with this link.

Thanks!!!
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2018, 05:13:08 pm »
Seattleites keep voting for these taxes, and if there is another on the next election ballot they would do so again.
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2018, 05:33:08 pm »
Quote from: XenaLee on April 09, 2018, 04:49:18 pm
Lol!  This is typical of how leftists run and ruin things.  What's funny is... I have a friend in Texas that's worried about Texas property taxes going sky high.... that wants to move to Seattle (she has liberal friends there).  Just sent her an email with this link.

Thanks!!!

Xena, she must be a special kind of stupid.  Bless her little heart.
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2018, 05:44:04 pm »
Property tax is the most tangible evidence ever that the government has a claim, a de facto ownership, of your home and your land. You can never "own" property in America. The best you can do is to rent a building and land from the government. You can never actually own it outright.

And if you miss your rent payment, the government will swoop in, evict you, and take 'their' property back.
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2018, 07:22:59 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on April 09, 2018, 05:33:08 pm
Xena, she must be a special kind of stupid.  Bless her little heart.

Must be an Austinite.
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2018, 11:56:05 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on April 09, 2018, 07:22:59 pm
Must be an Austinite.
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2018, 12:19:05 am »
Quote from: 240B on April 09, 2018, 11:56:05 pm
@Cyber Liberty

Is there a backstory to this? Or, you just generally do not like Austin? What's up?

No, no backstory, just that Austin is a little Moscow, the San Francisco of TX.
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Re: ‘Enough is enough’: Some Seattle-area homeowners say latest property-tax hikes will force them
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2018, 12:59:15 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on April 10, 2018, 12:19:05 am
No, no backstory, just that Austin is a little Moscow, the San Francisco of TX.

Amen.  A Cesspool of raging white quilt and angst.  Where the turds float to top and push the good folk out because the stench of liberalism fouls everything in a 5o mile radius.

Other than that it is a shithole.   
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