I hope all the increase the impact fee crowd is happy. Looks like they have successfully supported a shift in cost of new infrastructure from the tax base to new homeowners. Yeah, yeah, they repeatedly state that it is shifting the cost to "the developer", but we all know that is never going to be the case
But now that we have established a precedent for having those that benefit foot the cost, I have a list of further changes I would like to implement:
I have no kids here, so I don't want to pay school tax
I don't use the library, so I don't want the library tax
I don't need food stamps, or an EBT card, or whatever they want to call this handout today, so why should I pay for it?
I'll probably never need the fire department, so cross that off my list of taxes, but I'll be happy to use them on a fee for service basis
While I'm at it, let's get rid of all those taxes and fees on a cell phone bill that go to subsidize Obama phones and people who stiff the phone company, same with cable TV and my ISP.
Or, and this is just a wild thought.......
Perhaps those things benefit society as a whole and therefore the individual taxpayer indirectly, since there is a vested interest in a more educated population, one that is better read, one that is not starving on the street because their house burned down.
Just as residential and business expansion in TV benefit the county as a whole by providing jobs, new access roads, new firehouses and equipment, more retail shopping opportunities, etc. Just a thought, no need for any avocados to get their undies in a bunch
