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Old 08-01-2019, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TimeForChange View Post
So your property tax goes up $300 per year. I moved from another place in the SE where property tax was almost twice what it is here. TV is growing, roads have to be built etc. If you didn't plan for some increase in retirement I'm sorry.
We planed for our expenses to go up based on the CPI, not by 25%. Since a good portion of our income is tied to the CPI, seeing a 25% increase in property taxes takes a bite out of our discretionary spending budget. Is it not unreasonable to expect our government officials to be fiscally responsible, just like seniors on a fixed budget have no choice but to be?