Replying to a message of Bob Klahn to Bob Ackley:

 BK>>>  So, tell me about these oppressive taxes. Just which taxes would
 BK>>> that be? A short list would be nice.

 BA>> Income and property taxes for starts, the rates are
 BA>> outrageous.

 BK>  I pay something on the order of 10% on income after all is
 BK>  figured.  How is that so much? 

That's just about 2.5 times what the government said would be the maximum
rate when the tax was invented.  It's also much higher than the taxes that
sparked the American Revolution.

 BK> Property taxes? Live somewhere cheaper.

Paying less than a grand in property taxes seems to be the exception rather 
than the rule.  When I lived in Plattsmouth, over a 29 year period my property
taxes went up over 1,000 percent (from about $80/year to over $900/year,
between 1976 and 2005); this on an 825 square foot hovel that was built in
about 1880 on a lot that measured 44 x 150 feet (less easements).  The tax
on the place is probably over a grand/year today.

'Live somewhere cheaper?'  Like where, a refrigerator crate under a bridge?.
I was (and remain) single and could live in an 825 square foot one bedroom,
one bathroom house.  I seriously doubt that a family of four could do that,
or FTM even a family of two (note that not all of that 825 square feet was
useable as there was a stairwell on the back (north) wall, and while it
counts as square footage it wasn't living space).

 BK> Those are local or state taxes, and typically dedicated  to
 BK> a specific function.

 BA>> Some states have 'personal property taxes' payable each
 BA>> year and applicable to every single thing you own.

 BK>  Don't blame the Feds for that. Move to another state.

I did.  But the subject was oppressive taxes, not oppressive federal taxes.

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