This is a great explanation of the history of how the federal government funded itself throughout its history. It is a tale of excise taxes on whiskey (and other products) in the Carolina’s and elsewhere; of tariffs; and of using covetous, Marxist appeals to institute the income tax. Americans were […]
Category: Tax and Spend
Property Taxes and Corrupt Local Government: Good Solutions and Bad Solutions
Within the last 24 hours, we have learned about two different initiatives to deal with property taxes. Skyrocketing property valuations and corrupt, greedy units of local government have brought this issue to the forefront. It was announced yesterday that Phil Berger is convening a special committee in the NC Senate […]
Property Tax Crusader Mike Perdue Running For County Commissioner
The unexpected withdrawal of a Republican candidate for the Guilford Board of County Commissioners led to the selection of a replacement. His name is Mike Perdue. It turns out that he was one of the leaders of the efforts to show up at meetings and express objections to property tax […]
Property Tax Bills Included A Hefty Increase
Guilford County residents received their property tax bills within the last week. Scott Yost has the story at the Rhino Times website. It should be noted that these bills do not reflect the new property revaluations. That means the bills could go much higher next year unless voters pass a […]
Our Attorney General And The Power Bill Increase
It is being reported that a legal settlement agreement will result in Duke Energy increasing its rates by 6.8%. In response to this outcome, our esteemed state Attorney General– pretty boy Jeff Jackson– is dissatisfied. That’s very interesting. Did he raise any complaints when the Greensboro City Council raised our […]
County Commissioners Funding Non-Profits: Look At The Bigger Issue
Scott Yost has an article at the Rhino Times about the county commissioners’ budget funding various non-profits. The article is entirely factual; and it aroused numerous comments from those outraged over the excesses. The non-profits, of course, tended to intersect with the political interests of the socialists. They were overwhelmingly […]
“Tax The Rich”
With the sudden rapid increase in socialist politicians in our major cities– including Greensboro– the messages in this video are extremely relevant:
Greensboro’s Property Taxes Increasing 19%
Just do the math.
Local Socialists Angling For Advantage On Property Taxes
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 […]
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 […]