SHOCKED !!!

[bobm]

State of Washington supreme court mandated that all of it's public schools be fully funded. This is to pay for every student program in Washington schools, including those that are illegal immigrants So the State Legislators passed a bill to finally do so. In the meantime, most of the local school districts made a furious push to increase school construction, school program funding, etc. bonds this last Nov. and again this last March, which would be ON TOP of the court mandated one . Our school bonds for this district were soundly rejected both times. There was also many different bond proposals depending on the districts too. Now as we open our property tax bill, Washington property owners we find that our tax rate has gone up between $0.42 per $1,000 assessed value to $2.76 per $1,000 assessed value. Our tax bill has a TAX INCREASE of 52.8% for this year. Can you suddenly pay that type of increase when you DO NOT have any increase in your paycheck ?

 

[baymule]

Move.

Our taxes are frozen because DH is over 65. They will never go up. If he pre-deceases me, the taxes still won't go up. We have built fences, a 36'x36' barn, have 2 portable buildings, chicken coops, a pig barn and numerous improvements. Taxes are still the same.

Edited to add; we filed homestead, agriculture and senior citizen. We have a 1512 square foot 2007 model doublewide on 8 acres. Our total property tax bill is less than $800 a year.

 

[Collector]

Move.

Our taxes are frozen because DH is over 65. They will never go up. If he pre-deceases me, the taxes still won't go up. We have built fences, a 36'x36' barn, have 2 portable buildings, chicken coops, a pig barn and numerous improvements. Taxes are still the same.

Edited to add; we filed homestead, agriculture and senior citizen. We have a 1512 square foot 2007 model doublewide on 8 acres. Our total property tax bill is less than $800 a year.

Big difference between Texas and Washington, believe me.

 

[seedcorn]

I have mixed emotions on “retirement” benefits. Previous generations never had the opportunity to make enough money to live in this escalated economy. My generation (50’s child) did. We shouldn’t need all these breaks. I prefer young marrieds with kids get the breaks.

 

[bobm]

I have mixed emotions on “retirement” benefits. Previous generations never had the opportunity to make enough money to live in this escalated economy. My generation (50’s child) did. We shouldn’t need all these breaks. I prefer young marrieds with kids get the breaks.

Seed the young ( married and more often then NOT married ) have free medical care in hospital emergency, WIC and welfare programs, school lunch programs, free public education ( such as it is ) section 8 housing, etc, etc.. The illegals get all that and more paid for with our tax dollars. Why do you think that the so called migrants DO NOT stay in Mexico or settle in Mexico ?

 

[baymule]

Our old house had a major screw up on the property taxes. My ex and I bought the house in 1987. It had been built by an elderly couple, they passed away and their 2 grown children sold the house. I went to the tax office and filed for homestead. Under the ownership of the elderly couple, the taxes were frozen and $197 per year, on a 2500 square foot brick home with double garage.

The county never changed the tax exemption. THEIR screw up, not mine. I had friend at the tax office and told him about it and he told me to shut up. He assured me that I would not be liable for back taxes, the worst that could happen was that the county would finally realize their mistake and correct it and I would have to pay the new and improved rate, probably $2500 to $3000 a year. So..... I shut up. And I left the house in mine and my ex's name. The county never caught it. I lived there 28 years.