don wrote in message
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robb wrote:
"amdx" wrote in message
...
My opinion is property taxes are wrong, once you pay for
your
home, you
should
not have to pay the government to live in it. (paying for
the
rest of your
life)
Makes me mad just thinking about it!
Mike

i like to think of it as land rental.
an effective gov. method of reminding people they do not
really
own the land they are just renting it, seeing as they can
evict
you from it whether your home owner member ship fee is paid
for
fully or not.

robb

Its not rental, it a fee to keep the rif-raf out of your
property.

Its cheaper then hiring a private security company.
Its cheaper then hiring a private fire department.

And there is no competition to drive the price up.

don

isn't that called extortion ?

the prices go up all the time. The gov was blinded, greedly
watching the value of the homes rise during the bubble to raise
the rent accordingly.

the *customer* quickly becomes the rif-raf if they can not pay

robb