Originally Posted by GilTsuby

Glad I posted this thread. It's actually made me think and appreciate, yes, I should be glad I have a home. I guess It was the greed in me ( I think we all have a little greed one way or another ) that was making me upset.

I also found out that now-a-days, 6k in property tax is not much considering what others are paying for homes being bought. The average home is now 700k, that's around 12k in property tax!!

In a way it still sucks, but so does paying for gas. So, I've come to realize that, that's just how the world turns. But still, I can't help to think what I would by with that money!! Ok, ok, I'll stop.

Originally Posted by topcover

I don't think taxes suck. It's a necessity. What I hate is how the money is disributed and managed. So much waste, so many freakin' PROGRAMS aimed at people who abuse them. I won't bitczh about paying taxes if:

1. All of the schools were great schools and we didn't have to bus kids from one neighborhood to another. They'd be able to walk to school like we did when I was a kid.

2. We have a transit system that was safe to use at night and ran remotely on time.

3. We provided programs in the City that got the homeless off of the street, have them work on SF's infrastructure or contribute to the City's well being in return for food and shelter.

4. The City was a little more forward thinking and support mom and pop stores by reducing the amount of bull$hit taxation and bureaucracy needed to stay open. Support entrepenuers, that's what made America great.

That's all I want. Not too much to ask for from a simple tax paying, registered voter like me... right?

Originally Posted by Joe250

It doesn't have to be this way.

http://www.lp.org/issues/cut-taxes.shtml