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North Dakota voters to decide on abolishing property tax

The reason for this thread is that North Dakota has more money right now than it fully knows what to do with...
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Again, no, we don't, and yes we know what we would like to do with the funds we wish we could fully hold onto, but will not and cannot.
 
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Thrilla said:
property taxes are infinitely more just than income taxes... so yeah, they should have shot for getting rid of income taxes

a missed opportunity for sure...
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I don't know about that.

I think it would be fairer to allow poor people who own their home to continue to own it instead of constantly paying taxes on it.

I have no problem with property taxes for commercial, industrial, or agricultural purposes, but I'm against property taxes for residential areas. Or maybe just put property taxes on residential areas if you own more than one home.
 
I'm not against property taxes, but they do need to be held in check with limits on how much they are allowed to be increased. If property taxes get too high, it increases neighborhood blight. For instance, what incentive would one have to improve their property, which already has outrageous property taxes, if improving the property would cause the taxes to go even higher, via a higher assessed value?
 
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Diogenes said:
Already done, over and over. The increased drilling has taken place on private and state land where Obama has no control.
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Bottom line: Obama hasn't done much to affect drilling on federal land one way or another, vis a vis Bush, with the exception of the temporary response to the Gulf spill.
 
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