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Old 08-14-2010, 12:36 PM   #32
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Arrow Wrong root cause

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Originally Posted by Yankee View Post
Let me see if I got this correct:

People with the means come up here, and create a market which, because of the resulting tax increases, forces the local and other middle class folk to sell their property. They in effect raise the tax base. Thus making less affluent people persona non grata to the area.

Then when the same thing starts to happen to them they rant incredulously about it on a public forum. Thus making it acrimoniously laughable.
What "market" necessitates an increase in spending and thus taxes ? Mebbe I don't "get it" but if the house market were tending towards increased house prices and thus increased evaluations then the tax rate should go down accordingly ... were spending to remain the same. The problem, if I may paraphase Glenn Frey, is the lure of easy money ... in this case OPM. The only disparity create is really btw lakefront and non-lakefront. Those out-of-state people of means don't get to vote on the spending.
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