My state and county is run by a GOP supermajority and taxes increased on fuel and real estate and they used the stimulus monies to give raises to teachers and to invest in educational building construction and maintenance. I pay my property taxes annually. So what we are seeing is taxes increasing no matter which side is in the driver's seat which makes partisanship stupid at best.My P&I haven’t increased, but my county is run by liberals and they’ve increased spending - with a big increase to teachers and for new buildings. We have all been warned that property taxes, which is part of the monthly payment, to go up significantly.