Township Taxes
If this week’s antics with the Washington Township Board weren’t enough to make you think that this form of government really needs to go away, think about this as your 2008 property tax bills hit the mail in the next few days.
Although schools were responsible for 76% of the increase in your 2007 bill, township government came in second, taking responsibility for 12.5 % of the increase in your tax bill. The city of Indianapolis was only responsible for 4% of your bill’s increase.
So as you write that big check, just remember the same type of people who gave themselves a 60-70% raise had to get the money from somewhere.
November 22nd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Went to our Township in Decatour for some information. First the secretary had to dry her nails for just a few more minutes. But, she did apologize.
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:13 am
There was a 4 million surplus last year, so I suppose these slugs think they are entitled to some of it. These persons sure are the “poster children” for township governmewnt reform. There are sign-up sheets for a petition to reverse this being distributed now.
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 am
Working (both parents usually), raising kids, & taking care of the house isn’t leaving time to watchdog four levels of government. When they prove themselves scroundrels like the WT Board, they’re making the case for us in elimination, regardless of the merit of government “closer to the people”. Similar to the sad but true argument for term limits, when the inefficiency of your society leaves no time for citizen vigilance, we get to work on the inefficiency (which requires saying “No”) or take some “shortcuts” (term limits, no township layer) that buy us some time. Bottom line, we don’t make loans with money we don’t have & satisfy wants we don’t find sensable of teenagers, certainly not without behavioral expectations. This is the unavoidable logic we face on a national level, whether offshore tax shelters for the rich or subsidized childbirth (versus child protection) for the poor. Our more likely prospect is a socialism, which with no economic sustinence will eventually crumble to an overthrow of some sort. I don’t see turing the clock back given current demographics. “Compassion” has assured “change”. Ironically, Obama is the last, best shot we have to pull this out of the fire. Think he’ll go against the grain of his ideological and voting history? Stay tuned.
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Sorry, make that “Greed and compassion has assured….”