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In reply to the discussion: North Dakota voters to decide on abolishing property tax [View all]ErikJ
(6,335 posts)5. Should be any property below $500,000 only.
What happened in the Great Depression is that millions lost their homes just because they couldnt pay their property tax. In that respect it is very regressive. TAX THE RICH!!
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Y'all are going to need to make some serious concessions once you need someone to wipe your ass. nt
DCKit
Jun 2012
#1
We ought to go to a national voting measure for POTUS, anyway. To stop all disenfranchisement.
freshwest
Jun 2012
#9
Yes, that is what happened in so many places, and it should not have. It was a killing for the rich
freshwest
Jun 2012
#10
Yup. Get rid of all environment protection jobs/laws and drill the hell out of the state.
glinda
Jun 2012
#8
So when the oil dries up and the economy sinks, they'll complain that you can't raise taxes
bloomington-lib
Jun 2012
#18
wow, it looks like the majority of people here rent and don't pay property taxes
Bacchus4.0
Jun 2012
#28
First--yes, I do own. Second, any owner who doesn't figure taxes when setting rent is a fool.
Maeve
Jun 2012
#32
Property owners include property tax when they calculate the cost of maintaining rental property
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#34
This is the HUGE LIE of conservatism - claiming they favor local and state government
Hugabear
Jun 2012
#30