September 2, 2006
Property Taxes and Tax Reduction Politics
Many suggestions are coming to the table regarding property taxes. Shared services between county governments may be an answer to lowering the crippling tax placed on homeowners . SB: Assemblyman Samuel Thompson. (R) NJ - 13th District.—–In New Jersey average property taxes are about $6,000 per property owner, twice the national average.
"Gov. Jon S. Corzine wants to cut projected property tax growth by about 20 percent by 2010."
That’s not a property tax slice at all, but a continued march of tax increases. Corzine is a politician, not a taxpayers friend. He has the opportunity to cut out over the top state pension benefits, excessive perks and blotted state jobs, etc, etc.
He could do a lot to reduce taxes. When the budget crisis came he didn’t deal with the problem. Instead he raised taxes to 7% and is playing a bargaining game with the extra state income … a state that is addicted to runaway spending. It looks like Corzine doesn’t have the balls to stand up and say ENOUGH! It looks like he’ll earn the title B-A-L-O-N-E-Y Corzine and will leave another stain on taxpayer’s faces.
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The town of Fort White Florida does not charge, and never has charged, property taxes. Town Clerk Janice Revels said that although the town does not charge residents property taxes, revenues are gained by other means.
State taxes, a local option gas tax, occupational license fees, a half-cent sales tax and small taxes placed on monthly utility bills help the town with its annual budget of about $350,000, according to the Town Clerk and reported in the High Springs Herald News
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