Once again- governments are trying to relieve the effects of the worst "recession" in many peoples' lifetimes on the backs of those very people who are suffering.
Thursday evening at 5 pm- the Wyandotte county commissioners will hold their regular meeting at City Hall and among the items to be discussed is raising the county's sales tax.
I'd LOVE to be there just to ask them if they've lost their collective mind.
How can you- the commission- ask Wyandotte county taxpayers for another dime- seeing how a taxpayer-subsidized business (Nebraska Furniture Mart) STILL hasn't even paid all the property tax the county says they owe.
Don't play the "outside visitors will pay the tax too" card either. It's disingenuous not to mention idiotic.
Wyandotte county is the poorest county in the 5-county inner "Metro" so that increased tax burden falls the hardest on those with the lowest incomes.
Politicians anywhere in America should have their judgement questioned when wanting to increase fees and/or taxes in this economic environment.
WyCo voters: pay CLOSE attention to the names of any county commisioners that approve raising your taxes right now. Remember those names when it's election time.
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1 comment:
No kidding. Getting tax revenue from the Dot residents is like getting blood from a stone. The only people with any decent wages who live there are the county employees that are forced to live there. So really these people are just paying for their own salaries.
Lets see what you get for your money -- low crime. Nope. Good schools? Nope. Clean environment. Nope. Quality roads? Nope. A bigass furniture store and mall? Yes! With what little money you have that wasn't stolen by thieves, or confiscated by the government, you can use to buy electronics and pool tables.
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