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Utah property-tax burden creeps up
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I always remember my parents complaining about why they had to pay for the 6 children across the street to go to school through their property taxes, when they only had 1 child! Now I understand.
The reason property values have not dropped is because our dear SL County assesors have falsified property values to adjust for shortages in tax revenues.
It's time for our legislators to take back control of how property is evaluated and adjust tax rates accordingly. Stop allowing the property value assessors to regulate taxes needed by government. It is totally illegal for assessors be our tax regulators. Only the legislators can adjust property taxes by law and this is abusive powers given to the SL County assessors office. Before property taxes can increase the legislators must approve the also increased taxes. We are being taxed without representation and unconstitutional laws in the hands of the SL County assessors office.
Utah property taxes are low and schools get a smaller share of property taxes than they did decades ago. Income taxes once went exclusively to K-12 and now they fund higher ed also. Utahns pay a smaller portion of their income to taxes and a smaller portion of their taxes go to education.
Those kids across the street that we are paying to educate will pay for our social security and medicaid, so let's ensure they get a quality education. Charter schools now cost more than regular public schools, but their test results are lower per student than comparable students in their neighborhood schools.
We get what we pay for. When will we again invest in our children like our parents and grandparents did for us?
The county assessor does not set the amount of revenue. The county assessor merely splits the check. The assesser enhances revenue only when he adds new houses and buildings to the tax rolls. This should make everyone happy except for the foiled tax cheats.
No way!
I'm calling GLENN and RUSH and SEAN and ANN and...
NO ETHICS REFORM and now RAISING TAXES.
What's going to happen next?
This is an absolute lie. Read the comment from 7:47 a.m. this morning and "get a little knowledge" . . . please!
Are you just upset at him because he is the one who mails you the valuation notice. I don't know anything about your county assessor, but I think you are WAY OFF BASE. There are a number of people involved in setting the taxes you pay and public meetings are held on budgets etc.
I would rater the assessor who lives in my county (as well as the others involved) be the ones to make those decisions rather than some guy way down in Kane County who may have never even been to where I live.
I think your post displays what I think is a gross misunderstanding of citizenship and government. I challange you to attend the regular public meetings (you city, county commission, school board etc. and then you may want to consider an abology to your county assessor and now when you are actually informed, YOU MAY WAZNT TO RUN and try to be elected by the people for his/her job ! ANYONE AGREE ?
Of course, if I am going to pay half of my four kids' education, I want the choice of where to send my kids.
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