I'm going to award Vicky points for organizing her beliefs in a succinct understandable manner. Beyond that, they are just beliefs. The country is full of places where you could pay less in taxes. The Pioneer Press gave you a menu of choices of where to go. And I always maintain there is a REASON people have stayed here to pay the higher taxes, rather than to run off to any of those places with much lower taxes. It was interesting to see that North Oaks wasnt the cheapest place for taxes on a $160,000 house (though I can't imagine how they figured that. Does such a house exist in North Oaks?) Anyway, the fact is that people buy a PACKAGE. They go or stay based on that package, not one or two details of it. The number who make a choice based on one factor is infinitessimal, and the people who set the tax rates know that. If a single factor, or even two or three factors, made a big difference, they would have changed long ago. Anyone who runs will find a replacement, and it won't always be a socially-dependent person. Most often it will be a productive person.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/4727867.htm "The owner of a $160,000 home in Greenfield, in District 883, pays $844. In Roseville, for example, a house worth that much would be taxed $161. �Bayport socks its residents with the highest city taxes, at $1,141. Neighboring West Lakeland Township, just to the southwest, pays $66." See, Vicky, its right out your backdoor. Why weren't you there years ago? (By the way, they really ought to compare taxes as a percentage of mean income in Minneapolis and these other places. Maybe our taxes are merely higher because of the ability of people to PAY. My guess is that the taxes are very low or nonexistent in Appalachia) _______________________________________________ I like Holle's idea. But I like better the idea that the licenses department would put a small database online connecting a pet license number to a phone number. That way, if a pet wanders our way, we could look it up online and call the number to get the owner to retrieve its pet. Save the city some money and save the owner some money, too. The owner IS supposed to contain these pets, but we know that breaks down sometimes, so better to just provide the info. And for people who don't have computers, make it an automated phone service where you press the numbers on your touchtone and get the phone number. ===== =================== Jim Mork----Cooper Neighborhood "Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God" ---Matthew 5:9 United for Peace http://www.unitedforpeace.org/new/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
