NJ Sucks!

[Julie]

A circuit court judge told them to rescind because it is unconstitutional

 

[vernsgal]

But isn't your cost of living lower? The average price for a standard home here is around $450,000 usd. Also, you do not need to pay for healthcare and pharmaceudicals are much, much cheaper.

$500,000 will get you a small apartment in Vancouver. And have you seen the price of our gas? As for our meds and healthcare, I think they peddle out meds to keep us so drugged up we don't realize what they're doing, and then we need healthcare to fix all the side effects of the drugs.

 

[cedarswamp]

Well, I just got another "Love Letter" in the mail yesterday. My property taxes just went up another $800.00 per year.

It just never ends! Damn gov-ment just keep wanting More, More, More.

I know that the only sure things in life are Death and Taxes, but I feel I am visiting both at the same time (I am being taxed to death).

What is even more fustrating is I did the math. Here is how the government sucks money out of me..

Federal Tax,
State Tax,
Property Tax,
Gas Tax,
Sales Tax,
Cigarette Tax,
Tolls (NYC Area)

This add up to about 61% of my pay. I don't mind paying my fair share, but geeeeze, can I at least keep half of my earnings?

(ok, I feel better now. Sorry to rant)

Get a private assessment, home values are down but townships are raising home values go figure.

 

[vernsgal]

Well, I just got another "Love Letter" in the mail yesterday. My property taxes just went up another $800.00 per year.

It just never ends! Damn gov-ment just keep wanting More, More, More.

I know that the only sure things in life are Death and Taxes, but I feel I am visiting both at the same time (I am being taxed to death).

What is even more fustrating is I did the math. Here is how the government sucks money out of me..

Federal Tax,
State Tax,
Property Tax,
Gas Tax,
Sales Tax,
Cigarette Tax,
Tolls (NYC Area)

This add up to about 61% of my pay. I don't mind paying my fair share, but geeeeze, can I at least keep half of my earnings?

(ok, I feel better now. Sorry to rant)

We feel the same way. We have a place in the Shuswap. We've been under a boil water advisory for the past 7 years.(yes 7 years, that is not a typo) We have been fighting for years to get our water fixed. Well this year they decided to fix it. It'll take 3 years to do so and for the next 20 years we have to pay an additional $1300 on our taxes for water.

 

[Sammyk]

I had not heard that Julie. But how can a city that is broke function especially Detroit which has the highest crime rate in all of the USA?

 

[Boatboy24]

A circuit court judge told them to rescind because it is unconstitutional

Where in the constitution is bankruptcy addressed?

 

[Julie]

I had not heard that Julie. But how can a city that is broke function especially Detroit which has the highest crime rate in all of the USA?

The state government will have to come in and manage it and that in itself is scary. A lot government aided programs will be cut but food stamps will still flourish.

The same thing happens to school districts, they mismanage their money, government comes in, usually has a neighboring school district manage it until the district is up on its feet.

 

[kryptonitewine]

The county I live in recently passed a "county" income tax as well. In all fairness we were the only county in IN without it but it still sucks.