wkfan;688369 wrote:...and yet, the Franklin County auditor appraised the tax basis of my home as having gone up approximately 9% last summer.
Hmmmmm
Con_Alma;688370 wrote:I accept that when we "agree" to abide by taxation through representation combined with taxes levied through majority vote that we as a society are in agreement enough for action to occur based on it. That's all.
Gblock;688349 wrote:school district money is based on property taxes.....not income tax in ohio...not sure if police and fire are in that
my brother is a lawyer in columbus and he has gotten a raise every year the last 3 years including an increase in his yearly bonus....my other roomate got laid off as an accountant for rea and assoc.. and got a new job making 15000 more than he was at his previous job. what does this have to do with anything? nothing..just like all the posts about people and the people they know taking pay cuts. certain fields are taking pay cuts, certain fields arent. to say most or all for anything is innaccurate. have lots of people lost their job sure, have others seen growth sure.jmog;688361 wrote:Did I embellish some? Maybe since I said "everyone", but I can honestly say that everyone I know in a non-union public sector job either had pay freezes for the last couple years or pay cuts, OR BOTH (if they are lucky enough to have not been on the lay off list).
The private sector, for the most part, has had zero increases in the last 2 years, and most have gone through pay cuts.
wkfan;688369 wrote:...and yet, the Franklin County auditor appraised the tax basis of my home as having gone up approximately 9% last summer.
Hmmmmm
Con_Alma;688377 wrote:Not entirely.
State funds are provided to school systems based on the number of pupils enrolled. State funds are derived from a variety of sources including income tax.
teh awsum juan;688385 wrote:perhaps you should move to cleveland - you can probably buy off a board of revisions member and get your appraisal lowered significantly
Gblock;688386 wrote:some schools dont recieve any state money actually
Gblock;688382 wrote:my brother is a lawyer in columbus and he has gotten a raise every year the last 3 years including an increase in his yearly bonus....my other roomate got laid off as an accountant for rea and assoc.. and got a new job making 15000 more than he was at his previous job. what does this have to do with anything? nothing..just like all the posts about people and the people they know taking pay cuts. certain fields are taking pay cuts, certain fields arent. to say most or all for anything is innaccurate. have lots of people lost their job sure, have others seen growth sure.
...and yet, no one on here is up in arms about the GM autoworkers all getting a $4,000 bonus and GM (Governmental Motors?) getting a sweetheart tax deal on the heels of a buyout funded completely by taxpayer dollars.jmog;688361 wrote:Did I embellish some? Maybe since I said "everyone", but I can honestly say that everyone I know in a non-union public sector job either had pay freezes for the last couple years or pay cuts, OR BOTH (if they are lucky enough to have not been on the lay off list).
The private sector, for the most part, has had zero increases in the last 2 years, and most have gone through pay cuts.
I disagree.wkfan;688393 wrote:...and yet, no one on here is up in arms about the GM autoworkers all getting a $4,000 bonus and GM (Governmental Motors?) getting a sweetheart tax deal on the heels of a buyout funded completely by taxpayer dollars.
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Umm ... were you not here when that was all going down? There were a LOT of people up in arms about it. I still remember the first thread that discussed bonuses being paid out of bailout money, and it got more heated than this discussion has been.wkfan;688393 wrote:...and yet, no one on here is up in arms about the GM autoworkers all getting a $4,000 bonus and GM (Governmental Motors?) getting a sweetheart tax deal on the heels of a buyout funded completely by taxpayer dollars.
I guess autos are more important than police, firefighters, teachers and the like.
Maybe we can fund education and hold a bake sale for GM.....
really...the sweetheart tax deal and $4,000 bonus for all GN workers happened in the last week.Con_Alma;688396 wrote:I disagree. The threads containing people opposed to said bailout on this board were numerous as I recall.
wkfan;688399 wrote:really...the sweetheart tax deal and $4,000 bonus for all GN workers happened in the last week.
wkfan;688399 wrote:really...the sweetheart tax deal and $4,000 bonus for all GN workers happened in the last week.
Sweetheart tax deal:O-Trap;688400 wrote:I hadn't hear about it, but it's no less horse excrement.
In all seriousness, do start a thread about it, and watch what happens.
yet it warrrants no discussion here or much in the national media.Con_Alma;688408 wrote:I have no doubt that the intensely heated opposition contained by the folks who were opposed to the bailout would not have a more favorable view of this action.
I'll reserve my comments on that for a seperate topic, as this one is dedicated to the issues surrounding Senate Bill 5.wkfan;688407 wrote:Sweetheart tax deal:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/23/news/companies/gm_bailout/index.htm
The US government is giving up $14 BILLION dollars in tax revenue......
The announcement of the $4,000 bonus for all GM workerswas last week.
wkfan;688410 wrote:yet it warrrants no discussion here or much in the national media.
To be fair, I don't think it's completely an apples-to-apples comparison. Really for two reasons.wkfan;688410 wrote:yet it warrrants no discussion here or much in the national media.
Con_Alma;688389 wrote:That's very interesting. Can you give me an example?
Even private and parochial schools receive State funds for performing certain health and safety activities like monthly fire drills.
The number of schools that receive no State funds has to be extremely small.
Gblock;688422 wrote: especially since school funding in ohio was declared unconstitutional six years ago yet they have done nothing about it.
Really?? The U.S. Treasury giving up $14,000,000,000.00 in tax revenue 'won't be an additional burden on tax payers'?O-Trap;688418 wrote:(1) As far as I know, it's a 1-and-done arrangement, that won't be an additional annual burden on tax payers. The funding of public sector jobs is an annual burden on tax payers (by "burden" I don't necessarily mean a bad thing, mind you).
wkfan;688393 wrote:...and yet, no one on here is up in arms about the GM autoworkers all getting a $4,000 bonus and GM (Governmental Motors?) getting a sweetheart tax deal on the heels of a buyout funded completely by taxpayer dollars.
I guess autos are more important than police, firefighters, teachers and the like.
Maybe we can fund education and hold a bake sale for GM.....
wkfan;688431 wrote:Really?? The U.S. Treasury giving up $14,000,000,000.00 in tax revenue 'won't be an additional burden on tax payers'?
Really???
