Now that the General Assembly has frozen property tax valuations in Guilford County this year, that leaves the elected officials on the Guilford Board of County Commissioners and the Greensboro City Council in a bit of a quandary. They had been counting on being able to fool the citizenry by […]
Category: Tax and Spend
Property Tax Increases: Down To The Wire
The Rhino Times had a good report on the county commissioners’ meeting during which large numbers of socialists turned out in support of tax increases. Yes, some spoke out against the tax increases due to revaluations, but the socialists got out their troops. Some of these discussions could be moot […]
Eliminating Property Taxes For Homeowners In A State With No Income Tax
DeSantis has been a GREAT governor for the state of Florida; and when his term expires, he will doubtless be missed. Florida is in somewhat of a privileged situation because it enjoys enormous tax revenues due to tourism. Even then, this would be an amazing accomplishment:
Gov. Josh Stein Fusses Over Reducing Income Taxes
Readers will recall that the NC General Assembly recently passed a measure to place on the ballot a constitutional amendment that would assure state income taxes never exceed 3.5%. Governor Josh Stein– a socialist– naturally doesn’t like the idea. Carolina Journal has the details: “It will not put any more […]
NC GOP Victory On Income Tax Cap
Another achievement for the Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly was the bill to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to cap income taxes at 3.5%. This is far less than the maximum income tax rate when the socialists were in control until 2010. This is an especially […]
Voters To Decide On Property Tax Constitutional Amendment
The Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly has passed a constitutional amendment that would limit the amount that local governments can increase property taxes. This bill was motivated by the massive property revaluations that have occurred statewide. Voters will now have the opportunity to pass this measure at the polls in […]
Guilford County Proposes Raising Property Taxes 19%
The county manager presented his proposed budget before the county commissioners last night. There has been some degree of obfuscation. The News and Record and WFMY do not make it crystal clear to their customers that a tax increase was proposed. One had to think analytically and understand at a […]
Local Legislators Serve Government At The Expense of Citizens
The NC Senate passed its temporary, one-year moratorium on property tax increases due to revaluations yesterday. That is intended to give the General Assembly time to get a constitutional amendment passed to limit property tax increases. This issue was made more urgent with the massive increases in property valuations placing […]
Massive Increases In State Spending In NC
Jeff Moore, Carolina Journal: Counties like Wake and Cabarrus (my note: and Guilford) are hardly the only government entities raking in and spending billions more than inflation and population growth warrant; the time for real spending reform applies to state government too. In a forthcoming report from John Locke Foundation […]
Guilford Debt Bomb and Property Taxes
Nicky Smith had a good Letter to the Editor calling attention to Guilford County’s massively expanding debt that leads our esteemed county commissioners to feel ever-increasing property taxes are necessary. Scott Yost at the Rhino Times reports about the commissioners’ deliberations regarding how severely they are going to stick it […]