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I live in a rural area with a volunteer fire department, and no local police force. We have one outdoor swimming pool which is only open from June 15th to September 1st. No indoor pools at all. There is no public transit of any description either in town, or to nearby communities. No one is offering subsidized day care. And yet property taxes out here are the same as they are in Toronto, if not higher.
In Toronto, I had 4 indoor swimming pools/recreation centres within walking distance of my house, and one outdoor olympic size swimming and diving facility. That facility hosted the Pan-Am games swimming meet in 2015. We had 24/7 public transit, subsidized day care spaces for low income families, and a host of free community based recreation programs and services. The local precinct cop shop for Toronto police, was within walking distance of my house, and the fire hall was less than a 5 minute drive away, and it was a full time fire department, not a volunteer department which won't get there before your place burns to the ground.
I thought the fact that we pay the same property ridiculous considering the shortfall of services out here until I realized:
1. Residential property taxes in the City were heavily subsidized by municipal business taxes, paid by corporations and retailers. And by the high taxes payable for condominiums and skyscrapers. Property taxes on a 2 bedroom condo were $2500 per year, when taxes on our house were under $1000 per year. It made no sense to me then and it still doesn't.
2. We have fewer people. We have 45,000 people living in our county, compared to nearly 3 million people in Toronto. But we are twice the size of Toronto. 1250 square kilometers here, 630 square kilometers in Toronto. There are far fewer households in the tax base so we have to pay more, per household, for these services.
3. Much of the land in our county is farm land, and property taxes on farm land are almost zero. The farmer will pay property taxes on his house and outbuildings, but the land is taxed at a very low rate, so even though we have twice the land mass of Toronto, there is NO farm land in that City and every single inch of the city that isn't owned by some level of government or a church, is taxed to the hilt.
How very elite of you
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Worked for me
"infrastructure proposal?" What a fucking joke. It's pure waste. Biden is feeding free stuff to his constituents.In essence, they are eager to kill an infrastructure proposal that will create millions of jobs, in order to preserve the skimpy corporate tax rate they set in a 2017 law that absolutely bombed with the American public.
It's a loser any way you slice it, starting with the proposition that Americans never liked the GOP's tax giveaway to the wealthy to begin with, and still don't. A series of polls taken around tax time in 2019 found the GOP tax law was consistently underwater and peaked at 40% approval.
Yet this unfortunate piece of Trump-era legislation is indeed where Republicans have planted their flag, in service of maintaining an obscenely low corporate tax rate of 21% when most Americans already believe corporations aren't paying their fair share. In fact, multiple polls have now shown that increasing corporate taxes to help fund Biden's infrastructure package actually makes the plan more popular.
- Gallup: 40% approve, 49% disapprove
- Pew Research Center: 36% approve, 49% disapprove
- Monmouth University: 34% approve, 43% disapprove
- Economist/YouGov: 34% support, 40% oppose
Republicans lock in their losing position against Biden's American Jobs Plan
The more one thinks about the position Republican lawmakers are taking on President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan, the more preposterous it seems. In essence, they are eager to kill an infrastructure proposal that will create millions of jobs, in...www.dailykos.com
And it worked so well for them on the stimulus bill.
That's their 2nd favorite excuse for spending after "it's for the children!"'Infrastructure'?
Democrats have labeled every Socialist agenda wish list item 'infrastructure, so stop the propaganda crap.
Barry was forced to admit there are no 'shovel ready' projects.
The Democrats have passed TRILLIONS of deficit dollars in 'COVID-19' relief bills...and 90+ percent of that money went to Socialist agenda wish list items...and they haven't spent half of the money from the 1st bill passed.
Joe's 'Jobs Program'?
In his 1st days in office he put thousands of Americans across the country out of work.
Democrats put hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work by destroying more than half of all minority-owned small businesses.
So again, spare us the socialist liberal Democrat BS and propaganda
Not new for the party that cares more about owning liberals and democrats than legislating for the good of the country. Just more obstructionist politics, even when they write of sponsor the bill.
Republicans have spent the week blocking their own agenda in Congress in an attempt to "own the libs."
They threw a wrench in a bipartisan bill to counter China and in a tech antitrust report.
This is the kind of foolishness you see when a party has no ambition beyond making clips for Fox News
Republicans are blowing up their own agenda to 'own the libs'
Yes, the GOP wants to counter China. Yes, it wants to break up Big Tech. But only if the Democrats get mad about it.news.yahoo.com
Spending $1 trillion on pork is not the Republican agenda, moron.Not new for the party that cares more about owning liberals and democrats than legislating for the good of the country. Just more obstructionist politics, even when they write of sponsor the bill.
Republicans have spent the week blocking their own agenda in Congress in an attempt to "own the libs."
They threw a wrench in a bipartisan bill to counter China and in a tech antitrust report.
This is the kind of foolishness you see when a party has no ambition beyond making clips for Fox News
Republicans are blowing up their own agenda to 'own the libs'
Yes, the GOP wants to counter China. Yes, it wants to break up Big Tech. But only if the Democrats get mad about it.
Dims get suckered by this excuse every time. The Dims promise jobs and all we get is more parasites.'Infrastructure'?
Democrats have labeled every Socialist agenda wish list item 'infrastructure, so stop the propaganda crap.
Barry was forced to admit there are no 'shovel ready' projects.
The Democrats have passed TRILLIONS of deficit dollars in 'COVID-19' relief bills...and 90+ percent of that money went to Socialist agenda wish list items...and they haven't spent half of the money from the 1st bill passed.
Joe's 'Jobs Program'?
In his 1st days in office he put thousands of Americans across the country out of work.
Democrats put hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work by destroying more than half of all minority-owned small businesses.
So again, spare us the socialist liberal Democrat BS and propaganda
Perhaps 'parasite' is the definition of positions within the Democrat Party and administrations - sure seems like it.Dims get suckered by this excuse every time. The Dims promise jobs and all we get is more parasites.
President Trump kicked off his holiday weekend at Mar-a-Lago Friday night at a dinner where he told friends, "You all just got a lot richer," referencing the sweeping tax overhaul he signed into law hours earlier.Spending $1 trillion on pork is not the Republican agenda, moron.
Says who?President Trump kicked off his holiday weekend at Mar-a-Lago Friday night at a dinner where he told friends, "You all just got a lot richer," referencing the sweeping tax overhaul he signed into law hours earlier.
"Infrastructure is by far the easiest. People want it -- Republicans and Democrats. We're going to have tremendous Democrat support on infrastructure as you know. I could've started with infrastructure -- I actually wanted to save the easy one for the one down the road. So we'll be having that done pretty quickly," Mr. Trump said at the White House Friday when he signed the tax overhaul.
Trump.Says who?
Trump NEVER got it done...........moron.
Nope. The author claims Trump said it. As usual he offers unnamed sources as proof.Trump.
Trump NEVER got it done...........moron.
It was Trump's quote, moron.Nope. The author claims Trump said it. As usual he offers unnamed sources as proof.
Run the socialism in pure honesty. Whoopi Goldberg had several abortions. Use a cattle prod on her and torture it and worse for her irresponsible living.President Trump kicked off his holiday weekend at Mar-a-Lago Friday night at a dinner where he told friends, "You all just got a lot richer," referencing the sweeping tax overhaul he signed into law hours earlier.
"Infrastructure is by far the easiest. People want it -- Republicans and Democrats. We're going to have tremendous Democrat support on infrastructure as you know. I could've started with infrastructure -- I actually wanted to save the easy one for the one down the road. So we'll be having that done pretty quickly," Mr. Trump said at the White House Friday when he signed the tax overhaul.
No it wasn't. It's purely what the reporter claimed he said. There's no proof that he ever said it, moron.It was Trump's quote, moron.
"Infrastructure is by far the easiest. People want it -- Republicans and Democrats. We're going to have tremendous Democrat support on infrastructure as you know. I could've started with infrastructure -- I actually wanted to save the easy one for the one down the road. So we'll be having that done pretty quickly," Mr. Trump said at the White House Friday when he signed the tax overhaul.
DID it fucking happen?
Fuck no, that was Biden.
I'm referring to the "You all just got a lot richer" quote, you dumb fuck moron. That's where I made the comment.It was Trump's quote, moron.
"Infrastructure is by far the easiest. People want it -- Republicans and Democrats. We're going to have tremendous Democrat support on infrastructure as you know. I could've started with infrastructure -- I actually wanted to save the easy one for the one down the road. So we'll be having that done pretty quickly," Mr. Trump said at the White House Friday when he signed the tax overhaul.
DID it fucking happen?
Fuck no, that was Biden.
WTF?No it wasn't. It's purely what the reporter claimed he said. There's no proof that he ever said it, moron.
See above you fucking loser.I'm referring to the "You all just got a lot richer" quote, you dumb fuck moron. That's where I made the comment.
Do you imbeciles just interpret posts any way you want?
