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Ourdee
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 12:32 am: | 
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If it wasn't for the other members of my family, I'd live in a big truck with a box on the back. |
Johnnylunchbox
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 06:51 am: |
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MikeXLR, I too pay ridiculous taxes on my house to the tune of 13k/year (with STAR state tax relief-what a joke).
The majority of taxes (about 80%) are from the local govt for the local schools. Is that the case in your area?
Don't get me started on a multi-layered bureaucratic school system where there are as many lifer administrators as there are teachers. However if you challenge school spending you are branded as evil. Do it for the children. Blah!
F NY. |
Brumbear
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 07:55 am: |
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In Comparrison I am still looking for NY over NJ . I can't afford it hear and all the comprable homes I lookeded at to what I have property and square footage and area are roughly 2K cheaper per year than in NJ but I hear you on the tax crap!!!!. We have a saying in NJ will the last one to leave please bring the FLAG!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Glitch
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 08:21 am: |
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I wonder if one reasons taxes aren't as oppressive in the South, is because it was open season on revenuers for so long.
Revenuers rarely made it as far as the valley. |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 09:33 am: |
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To repeat what I said earlier: Bitching about it on BadWeb accomplishes exactly NOTHING. If you live in the affected area, use the AMA Rapid Response link I posted above and bitch to your elected officials. The more noise you make, the more they HAVE to pay attention.
Oh, and keep it respectful, please. Letters that start out: "Hey, A--hole!!" tend to get discarded unread... |
Drkside79
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 09:58 am: |
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IL
DL $30
DL w/ M endorsement $35
Car $99
Bike $39
More for special plates. |
Cataract2
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 10:20 am: |
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The more noise you make, the more they HAVE to pay attention.
You know, I use to believe this, but as of late... |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:06 am: |
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Well, in my case as far as the New York elections are concerned, I'm not voting for a single incumbent... even if it means crossing party lines. I still haven't forgotten how those overpaid clowns tied up the government last summer with their pissing games. |
Gunut75
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:18 am: |
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WI. $23 per year/motorcycle. Done in 2 year increments. I renew for $46 every 2 years. That is one thing I truly love about WI. Tax, title, and registration for my bike was $128. |
Swampy
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:30 am: |
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The crappy thing about motorcycle registrations in Michigan (methinks $25) is that when you get hit on one insurance companys don't pay like they do if you are in a cage, flat rate(motorcycle) VS % original value (car) because of some lawyerly no-fault mumbo-jumbo-hocus-pokus, you can't collect for damages, ask Spiderman about when he got shanked by grampa... |
Swordsman
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 02:56 pm: |
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"What all New York residents should find offensive is the manner in which the fee was implemented - in less than 48 hours, residents in the MTA service area got hit with a $25.00 annual fee per vehicle registration, and had zero chance for input into the process."
Guess this is the current trick of choice for all levels of the government nowadays. Sure it goes to a vote, but it'll be over with before the public ever finds out, else someone might actually oppose it. Better to ask forgiveness than permission, right?
~SM |
Blake
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 05:48 pm: |
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"In the meantime, if you have any ideas on how we fill a $9 billion hole in
our upcoming budget, I would appreciate your thoughts. "
They have no idea how ridiculously easy that really might be for an honest businessman. Simply tally the total number of state employees, cut 20% of them, take the rest in pay cuts and renegotiated contracts.
Unions/Socialist won't allow it?
Shoot them.
(Message edited by blake on March 11, 2010) |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 07:08 pm: |
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Seems like my Assembly Rep is one of those who voted for the measure. It falls right into my "I'm not voting for the incumbent this year" plan.
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Jaimec
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 07:14 pm: |
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If the problem is the railroad, then give them the opportunity to make more money. Put back the "Club Cars" that they removed years ago and let them sell food and drinks onboard the trains, ESPECIALLY on the diesels that go way out east.
Cut overtime... some of these conductors earn over $100K a year in overtime. That's NUTS.
And if ridership is down, then cut the number of trains... less riders means you don't need as many trains (though in honesty they're doing this one already). |
Americanmadexb
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 07:41 pm: |
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Mmm. Here in Indiana i just payed $300 for my plates this year. Not to mention the $500 in taxes from when i bought the bike.
So i walked out of the BMV $800 lighter! |
Paw
| | Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 - 08:24 pm: |
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Not sure if it is the area you live froggy...I live in Saratoga county and just got my motorcycle reg. Renewal and the total bill was $17.50 for my XB...if you decide to buy a house come to Saratoga county I pay $3100 a year property tax on a $170,000 assessment. The folks one county below me are paying 3 to 4 times that. |
Iamike
| | Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 - 10:32 pm: |
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Man, I can't believe how much you guys are paying. My '03 &'05 bikes are $10 and the '06 is $20. |
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