• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    We here in Kansas City are voting today to potentially recall our county executive over massively inflated property taxes.

    This seems to be happening all over the place.

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      8 hours ago

      I don’t think Frank White was raising taxes for sex abuse tho right? Probably just all those police lawsuits. -_-

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        5 hours ago

        Probably, but the bigger point here is that it’s a tactic being used across the country for various reasons.

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      9 hours ago

      This specifically is literally a town of 800 still owing 6 million dollars after they spent their little coffers and their insurance paid out what it was going to pay. They are literally taxing the home owners exactly what it cost to pay the settlement I doubt that is happening all over the place.

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        5 hours ago

        This particular situation is a little more extreme, but you’d be wrong. Homeowners are seeing their property taxes raised by criminal percentages nationwide. Thankfully most are fighting back.

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          2 hours ago

          What you actually mean is that the housing market is hot dumping a bunch of unearned wealth on every asshole who bought a house in the last 50 years meaning that with the extra wealth you get to pay additional taxes.