State legislatures are stalling on property tax reform. They make excuses, they act gutless.
Why can a municipality reinstate a defeated school budget? Why can rejected budgets be appealed to the state capitol, which can overturn voters mandates?
The vote of the people is regarded as a navigation problem. A legitimate vote can be overturned by a faceless, unelected bureaucrat.
Political trough-swillers want to keep the status quo end up putting in what they want. They ask for 10 million and cut off $100,000 and then boast of reducing the budget. Meanwhile your taxes accelerate.
Teachers unions, the cops, city and state unions are the big fish in their pond. They have lawmakers in their pockets. As the party bosses cow tow to the special interests, their nests get feathered; your nest gets fleeced. 2O years and they can all opt out for a retirement with huge pension and health perks while most working folks have to slave away for 45 years. Statistics tell us 1 out of 5 people are ripping us off that way!
Greed and corruption attack you by way of ever increasing high property taxes as well as increases in state and local taxes. No cost-cutting, no budget discipline, no accountability by either party.
We need a political party that will stand tall on the taxpayers side. Elected officials need to pass a litmus test of courage and honesty. The entrenched entitlement programs need to be revisited and revamped. A campaign to vote the gutless out of office and replacing them with public servant’s with backbones is your only hope.