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Re: Speaking of taxes
[Re: centralala]
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04/18/15 04:36 AM
04/18/15 04:36 AM
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Dauphin Island, Alabama
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Simpleman, you either get up too early or stay up to late. Me...I just never sleep.
The article you posted brings up some good points but overlooks some of the obvious. Politics and the work force won't work. Now, every county has good hard working people. Some more than others. Macon co. and property taxes fall squarely on Bob Rileys shoulders. On property taxes, he tried to give the largest tax hike the state ad ever seen using basicly the same scare tactics Bentley is using. When it failed, he slid in the appraisal system we have now for property that essential goes up every year. On Macon co., he shut down the dog track that employed a lot of people. When GE Engines came in wanting to build a manufacturing plant near either U of A or AU, he had a prime opportunity to replace those jobs. GE chose AU which is mighty close to Macon co. Instead, he pushed Lee co. In Lowndes co., where GE built a plastics plant, it was difficult to find workers who wanted a job. The ones that did, got good paying jobs and moved out to neighboring counties and commute back to Lowndes for work. I don't have the answers but more taxes is not it. Good morning. I was in the process of relocating from my lazy boy to my bed! I agree wholeheartedly, more taxes is not the answer and I'm not saying I have the answer I just know that our property tax system is geared towards reducing the tax burden on owners of large tracts of timber and Ag land. It's that way due to decades of lobbying activity and I don't think we can lay it on Bob or any other one governor.
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Re: Speaking of taxes
[Re: globe]
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04/18/15 05:03 AM
04/18/15 05:03 AM
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Kennedy, al
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That article is about inequality in black and whites as much as its about property taxes. I read it, but I knew where it was going after the initial paragraph. Current use is for landowners who don't get revenue from their land every year. Also the article says " pine production is at an all time high", that also means pine prices are at an all time low! We've gone 10 yrs without a single cutting, but taxes come in every year. Also, after I cut the timber that I planted, and I payed for, "I" get to pay capital gains on. Why should I pay capital gains on my timber when the excuse for higher taxes is BECAUSE I get to cut timber! Tax me every year or tax me when I cut timber, why do both? Yearly taxes are "just because" I have timber? Oh and the federal government is most likely going to raise capital gains in the near future too! For the same reason that the people of the state want property taxes to be raised, to take from people who have saved and spent thriftily and give to the ones who don't. I bought some land in 09 by going and borrowing money and not buying a new truck. I'm considered rich because I own land, but I'd like to be left alone and be considered smart!
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Re: Speaking of taxes
[Re: Simpleman]
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04/18/15 05:18 AM
04/18/15 05:18 AM
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It needs to go up a bit. The big landowners need to pay more to help out. That means the little landowners like myself will pay a little more too. I'm good with that. Crap on that I pay enough taxes already and I saved the State money by paying my taxes and sending my kid to private school. The government need to learn how to live within a budget and spend money wisely.
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