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Originally Posted by ITD
Taxes go up because politicians and voters (if town meeting) spend more, that's the only reason. ...
...We need to stop this myth that increased assessments cause taxes to increase, that is not true. Every dollar of that increased tax has to be voted on by politicians and voters, who vote either directly via town meeting, or indirectly via the politicians they elect in non-town meeting municipalities.
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I try to mostly ignore these threads that get all bothered by new assessments without understanding the relationship described above. In any event, the explanation by ITD is one of the clearest I've seen here and I urge everybody to read it again.