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How Much are your Property Taxes?

How Much are your Property Taxes?

  • I rent so I dont have any!

    Votes: 3 15.8%
  • I simply dont have any / OTHER

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • 0- $500

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • $501- $1000

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • $1001- $2000

    Votes: 4 21.1%
  • $2001 - $4000

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • $4001 - $6000

    Votes: 4 21.1%
  • $6001- $9000

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • $9001 - $11,000

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • $11,001 - ABOVE

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Total voters
    19
I see where two people so far do not pay any property taxes. hmmmm. Using the income tax theory that some have floated on this very board as a guide perhaps we need to change the system so that these free riders do not get to enjoy the same rights of citizenship that the net property tax payers are paying? Maybe we need to make changes stating if you do not pay a direct property tax then you forfeit all the services that property tax funds including schools for your children, police and fire protection, garbage pick-up, library usage, road maintenance and whatever else your city or town uses property tax money for. ;)
 
I see where two people so far do not pay any property taxes. hmmmm. Using the income tax theory that some have floated on this very board as a guide perhaps we need to change the system so that these free riders do not get to enjoy the same rights of citizenship that the net property tax payers are paying? Maybe we need to make changes stating if you do not pay a direct property tax then you forfeit all the services that property tax funds including schools for your children, police and fire protection, garbage pick-up, library usage, road maintenance and whatever else your city or town uses property tax money for. ;)

Yay for the creation of legal second class citizens! What could possibly go wrong? :confused:
 
I see where two people so far do not pay any property taxes. hmmmm. Using the income tax theory that some have floated on this very board as a guide perhaps we need to change the system so that these free riders do not get to enjoy the same rights of citizenship that the net property tax payers are paying? Maybe we need to make changes stating if you do not pay a direct property tax then you forfeit all the services that property tax funds including schools for your children, police and fire protection, garbage pick-up, library usage, road maintenance and whatever else your city or town uses property tax money for. ;)

Anyone who lives anywhere pays property taxes -- unless they live there free. Those who rent pay them indirectly through their landlords. And, as a matter of fact, in most areas they're carrying a heavier property tax load than single-family homes. In most cases, income property (i.e., apartment buildings, rental property) is taxed at a higher rate than a single family home.

To answer the OP's question, I pay $4,000 a year in property taxes. I live in a little 1200 s.f. home, three bedrooms, 2 tiny bathes, combination living/dining room, kitchen. No family room. A single car garage.
 
Anyone who lives anywhere pays property taxes -- unless they live there free. Those who rent pay them indirectly through their landlords. And, as a matter of fact, in most areas they're carrying a heavier property tax load than single-family homes. In most cases, income property (i.e., apartment buildings, rental property) is taxed at a higher rate than a single family home.

To answer the OP's question, I pay $4,000 a year in property taxes. I live in a little 1200 s.f. home, three bedrooms, 2 tiny bathes, combination living/dining room, kitchen. No family room. A single car garage.

good point and an obvious one that I was hoping would be posted quickly. But somebody should tell it to the two people who voted that they did not pay. Of course, there are people who do not pay. Adult children who live in their parents home do not pay. They still enjoy the rights of service that others are paying for. What if those adult children living with parents have kids of their own in schools? Look at the thousands of dollars those free loaders are ripping off from the other property tax payers.

Two classes of citizenship... yup, thats the answer.

WAIT!!!!!!! Even two classes is not enough. Maybe we need a different class based on every single tax you pay and what you get for it? We might need a dozen classes of citizenship, each with its own burdens and benefits. Yeah!!!!! Thats the answer.

And if think I am serious please read again.

This whole thing just points out the complete idiocy of trying to connect any sort of tax payment to any sort of citizenship right.
 
Since my farm is agricultural zone property I pay about 6,000 a year. When we bought the place we were a small (26 acre) farm among massive farms (250 acres and 155 acres) but those are all subdivisions now.
 
good point and an obvious one that I was hoping would be posted quickly. But somebody should tell it to the two people who voted that they did not pay. Of course, there are people who do not pay. Adult children who live in their parents home do not pay. They still enjoy the rights of service that others are paying for. What if those adult children living with parents have kids of their own in schools? Look at the thousands of dollars those free loaders are ripping off from the other property tax payers.

Two classes of citizenship... yup, thats the answer.

WAIT!!!!!!! Even two classes is not enough. Maybe we need a different class based on every single tax you pay and what you get for it? We might need a dozen classes of citizenship, each with its own burdens and benefits. Yeah!!!!! Thats the answer.

And if think I am serious please read again.

This whole thing just points out the complete idiocy of trying to connect any sort of tax payment to any sort of citizenship right.

Actually, the property tax is one of the most unfair, imo. Quite socialistic, actually. I have no children. The guy next door has three. He pays the same tax I do. Since the lion's share of my property tax bill goes to education, he's not paying full boat for the service he's receiving; and I'm paying part of his share.

Kinda' like how health insurance is soon to operate across the board. And that's a good thing.
 
Actually, the property tax is one of the most unfair, imo. Quite socialistic, actually. I have no children. The guy next door has three. He pays the same tax I do. Since the lion's share of my property tax bill goes to education, he's not paying full boat for the service he's receiving; and I'm paying part of his share.

Kinda' like how health insurance is soon to operate across the board. And that's a good thing.

My brothers and I along with my parents, my child, my nieces-none of us spent a minute in public school. Yet my parents lived in a very high taxed area where the tax on their propery (they have died but my brothers and i hold the house while it is being marketed) was 25K a year. So that is three generations of people who have paid property taxes and didn't use a cent of public shools. Yet, the argument that everyone derives benefits from an educated society actually makes more sense than the claims that other handouts benefit those who don't get them. I do think those who have children at public schools ought to pay a bit more than those who don't but have the same valued property
 
Anyone who lives anywhere pays property taxes -- unless they live there free. Those who rent pay them indirectly through their landlords. And, as a matter of fact, in most areas they're carrying a heavier property tax load than single-family homes. In most cases, income property (i.e., apartment buildings, rental property) is taxed at a higher rate than a single family home.

To answer the OP's question, I pay $4,000 a year in property taxes. I live in a little 1200 s.f. home, three bedrooms, 2 tiny bathes, combination living/dining room, kitchen. No family room. A single car garage.

Heavens to Betsy, your local government really socks it to you!
And when you are old and gray with medical bills of $1K per month, who will pay this $340 monthly ??
Mine are at $1.2K annually and it hurts.
Thank God for the VA.
 
I pay about $1300 each for both the places I own

Property taxes here in Calgary I know are quite a bit lower then what the Chicago area pays
 
Since my farm is agricultural zone property I pay about 6,000 a year. When we bought the place we were a small (26 acre) farm among massive farms (250 acres and 155 acres) but those are all subdivisions now.

WOW!!!!!

Santa Claus must look out for you. I live on 3/4 of an acre and I pay over $4,500 a year in property tax. You are getting the deal of the century there. Sounds like a really unjust system that would allow somebody with 26 acres to pay just 25% more than somebody with just 3% of that land. Sounds like the deck is stacked in your favor and you are probably allowing others to pick up the slack for what you yourself are not paying in that unjust tax system.
 
I've always had 3 vehicles (one's a junker - hopeful future rebuild), my acreage and my house.

My taxes 5 years ago were $87.78 - and now they're $379.02 - though nothing's actually changed in all this time.
 
I've always had 3 vehicles (one's a junker - hopeful future rebuild), my acreage and my house.

My taxes 5 years ago were $87.78 - and now they're $379.02 - though nothing's actually changed in all this time.

damned cheap, you're lucky.
 
I still live at home and I'm a student so I don't personally pay property taxes yet. I believe where I live though the property tax is fairly low. Personally I am against property taxes. I feel it infringes on our rights to own property. I don't support taxing someone's property that they legally own.
 
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WOW!!!!!

Santa Claus must look out for you. I live on 3/4 of an acre and I pay over $4,500 a year in property tax. You are getting the deal of the century there. Sounds like a really unjust system that would allow somebody with 26 acres to pay just 25% more than somebody with just 3% of that land. Sounds like the deck is stacked in your favor and you are probably allowing others to pick up the slack for what you yourself are not paying in that unjust tax system.

Ha! Ya' gotta' give him credit, Turtle. He's gotta point. :rofl:
 
wow!!!!!

Santa claus must look out for you. I live on 3/4 of an acre and i pay over $4,500 a year in property tax. You are getting the deal of the century there. Sounds like a really unjust system that would allow somebody with 26 acres to pay just 25% more than somebody with just 3% of that land. Sounds like the deck is stacked in your favor and you are probably allowing others to pick up the slack for what you yourself are not paying in that unjust tax system.

lololol!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Ha! Ya' gotta' give him credit, Turtle. He's gotta point. :rofl:

I suspect none of should hold our breath waiting for a response on this one. ;)
 
Mobile home on 2 acres $800
 
Since my farm is agricultural zone property I pay about 6,000 a year. When we bought the place we were a small (26 acre) farm among massive farms (250 acres and 155 acres) but those are all subdivisions now.

Where do you live? What is your property worth? $6000 in property taxes for 26 acres is extreme for agricultural property. The only crops you could grow that could pay them are marijuana and/or opium poppies.
 
My brothers and I along with my parents, my child, my nieces-none of us spent a minute in public school. Yet my parents lived in a very high taxed area where the tax on their propery (they have died but my brothers and i hold the house while it is being marketed) was 25K a year. So that is three generations of people who have paid property taxes and didn't use a cent of public shools. Yet, the argument that everyone derives benefits from an educated society actually makes more sense than the claims that other handouts benefit those who don't get them. I do think those who have children at public schools ought to pay a bit more than those who don't but have the same valued property

It is the responsibility of all parents to support their own children. That includes education. Nobody should be forced to support other people's children.

So who should be responsible for the poor? First and foremost, people should never be allowed to bear children they cannot support. If they lack the discipline and will power to practice abstenence, then they should be sterilized. That includes illegal aliens.

And any neccessary assistance for the poor should come solely from private, voluntary sources, like charities and churches.
 
yay for Alabama. I have ~10 acres, 3000 sq ft home, 30K gallon inground pool, ~800 sq ft barn, 500 sq ft workshop and I pay a whopping $600/year property tax.
 
My property taxes are actually pretty low ($2400 a year), I think. I have friends with similarly sized houses who are paying $4-6k a year, because of the neighborhood they live in. And in fact, their homes are within a couple of miles of mine.
 
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