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In reply to the discussion: I passed a homeless couple on my way to the dentist. [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)About half the homes in this area are between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Those people pay only 1% in property tax. I want the County to try to get 2% to 3% in property taxes. The people, whose homes I have been in, can well afford it. They won't do anything except throw some money to churches and charities that may or may not get services to the people who need them and the services far way below the need and complain about having to look at destitute people in parking lots begging. There are hotels all over the place that have empty rooms. Surely the county and the hotels can work something out if there is enough money to pay for it.
I myself am only a disaster away from homelessness myself. If something happens to my family, who allow me to rent a trailer on their property, I will be joining those people especially if the Prez puts entitlements on the table, as he promised today, to fix the debt ceiling. No one is going to fix this until we make them do it.