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01.26.2009 4:05 pm

Until the property assessments are fair, I, too, will vote no on all tax increases

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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I am referring to the letter on the Opinion page written by Mr. Phil Vonder Haar of Webster Groves. The subject was “We gave at the office” published on January 22, 2009.

I live in Affton and had a 22 percent property tax increase in the latest update. This is fine as long as adjustments are made to all St. Louis County residences and we have tax adjustments down as well as up.

My take now on tax increases is in total agreement with Mr. Phil Vonder Haar. With no property tax adjustments available on the down side, I say to the taxing districts, if you want more tax dollars for anything take it out of my property taxes. I will not support tax increases for anything until a fair property tax process is made law. You can save money by not even putting tax increases on the ballot.


Earl Hemker

Affton

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And it going to get worse with Obama.

— magnum
6:44 pm January 26th, 2009

Magnum

? What does Obama have to do with property taxes? Property taxes are state and local taxes and are calculated bas3ed on state law. I believe that you are trying to find problems to blame on Obama.

— Bob
6:57 pm January 26th, 2009

Well, Bob, ya’ll blamed Bush for a hurricane that hit New Orleans, the economy, so-called illegal wire taps, torture at Guantanamo, lying about WMDs, ad nauseum. Since Osama is in office now, he should get blamed for everything just as you blamed Bush for everything.

Get used to it.

— Tango Golf Sierra
7:23 pm January 26th, 2009

Personally, I never understood why anyone votes themselves a tax increase. I never vote for tax increases. As far as I am concerned government is way ahead of the game as it is and getting entirely too much of taxpayers money. Way to go Earl, a little late but glad you are on the bandwagon. Now if we can keep Obama out of our pockets!

— superdave
7:49 pm January 26th, 2009

Tango

You see that is where your argument falls apart. No one blamed Bush for the hurricane, we balme him for a bungled resposne. Even in his last days in office the only thing that he would admit that he might have done wrong is not landing his plane during the flyover.

I agree that Obama has taken offcice and thus responsibility for what goes on. Now explain to me if Palin makes a stupid decision how that is connected back to Obama for state and local level decisions is what magnum is trying to do.

Build your argument now that the local tax assessor reports back to Obama. Everything you listed was a national government issue, yet you and magnum wish to go to the local level. I do not know if I should laugh at you or pity you for your putrid attempts.

— Bob
8:02 pm January 26th, 2009

tango

Another thought. You cry about 8 years of dems blaming bush, but you only wish to start at 2000, This allows you to ignore the 8 years that you did in kind to Clinton. So I see after doing it for 8 years you could not take it and never got use to it.

— Bob
8:06 pm January 26th, 2009

What took you so long, Earl??
I have never voted for a tax increase of any kind in my life. Further, I do not intend to ever vote for a tax increase in the future. It’s a simple way to vote. Just say, “No, No, No, No, No.” It’s that easy. You don’t even have to read the whole tax proposal, just put your mark by the NO word.

— Joe W
11:55 pm January 26th, 2009

I used to vote for tax increases if they were for things I might use, like the Metrolink or the police. I even voted for tax increases for schools even though I had no children. Now, even though I have a child, I will vote against most, if not all, tax increases.

My feeling is that government, be it local, state, or federal, just wants money. And when they want, or feel they need, more money, I think they just invent new taxes to make their theft sound legitimate. I understand that we need government. And I understand that government needs to be funded.

But now the new Treasury Secretary, the person in charge of the IRS, has forgotten to pay some of his taxes, and chalks it up to Turbotax and an honest mistake? Well if I don’t pay my taxes, I go to jail. We give the government the use of physical force. But who watches the watchers?

I have decided that Wesley Snipes, and anyone else experienced in tax evasion, are my heroes.

— Dave
1:16 am January 27th, 2009

TGS
You got it right. I will be blaming Obama for an ingrown hair. The idiot left, blamed Bush for everything, so I guess it is fair for the right to blame The Chosen One.

— magnum
5:46 am January 27th, 2009

What arrogance? What moronic people actually think that government does much of anything well? Here we are, watching the county rob us blind and on a much larger scale allow Obama and his associate idiots spend our money in the name of stimulus to jump start our economy. These elected idiots have no experience in this and here we are allowing them to spend money like it’s Christmas?

It starts from the top and comes down to local. WE get the government we deserve. Oh, they will get away with it!

— superdave
6:53 am January 27th, 2009

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