Sparks flew at the county commissioners’ meeting last night. A similar meeting took place at the Greensboro City Council earlier this week. Even if the county commissioners adopt a revenue-neutral property tax rate after the recent revaluations, some property owners will face steep tax hikes. Some fear they will lose […]
Category: Tax and Spend
Guilford Property Taxes: Opposition Emerging?
The entire county is now concerned about property tax revaluations. Pat Tillman– one of the county commissioners– says he has as many as four votes in support of a revenue-neutral property tax rate. There are currently only two Republicans on the nine-member board. That means as many as two Democrats […]
Tax Rebellion
I wonder how these great men would react to the taxes we have today:
12 Appropriations Bills Passed
This has not happened in a long time. Remain mindful there is still plenty of junk in those bills: “I'm almost 6 years into this. I didn't think we'd see that day”@RepTiffany says he’s impressed at how 12 Appropriation Bills passed the House on Thursday believing this is a starting […]
Speaker From The Floor
There is no truth to the rumor that it occurred in Greensboro or Guilford County. But it could have: Our Town Council keeps raising taxes. So I showed up with an English Lord’s wig to speak in *favor* of taxes. “If you can’t pay your taxes…don’t be poor.” pic.twitter.com/mD64UTUkB1 — […]
Proportion Of Federal Taxes Spent On Fraud
If the below is true, the implications would be absolutely staggering: (HT: Fred) this is shocking: > US collects $2.4T in income tax, but spends $1.5T on fraud > if we didn't have to pay for fraud, only $900b would need to be collected > this means anyone with less […]
Greensboro Realtor Association Leader Expects 50% Increase In Property Valuations
The story is found here. If true, that would be a devastating impact on many homeowners who reside in Guilford County because the new numbers will directly impact property taxes. Our leaders need to speak clearly on this issue regarding what they plan to do about this. It should be […]
John Blust Pushing State Limits On Property Taxes
He knows the people of Guiford County are at risk of facing mammoth increases. Scott Yost, Rhino Times: (I am excerpting heavily) A warning came through clearly recently from longtime Guilford County legislator Rep. John Blust during remarks to the Summerfield Town Council, where he said residents should brace themselves for […]
The Truth About Income Taxes
This young man is an excellent communicator: There was no federal income tax the first 137 years in America was a country. Everything changed in 1913 with The Federal Reserve Act & 16th Amendment (Income Tax). America’s wealth was built on productivity, and stolen by usury. pic.twitter.com/xtEHiodjY2 — Brett Pike […]
NC House GOP Looking At Property Taxes
There was news this week that the NC House Speaker Destin Hall has convened a committee to look at property taxes in the state. This is a great idea. There are a couple of situations that ought to be remedied. First, the massive increases some have faced because of property […]