Correct me if I'm wrong. Don't some states allow all property taxpayers, residents and non-residents alke, the right to vote?
I believe in those states non-resident property taxpayers are limited in what and/or how they can vote, but they at least have a say!
NH relies on tourism and us 'flatlanders' who own property to fund their "needed services". It seems to me that we 'flatlanders' who "only own property" should have a say in some way, shape, or form. Otherwise, I'd advocate a sales and income tax for NH residents so that the rest of you pay your fair share as well.
NH municipalities rely on the taxes from seasonal homes, so if you want to be fair, go ahead and tax our homes at the fair market value, but prorate those taxes to the time the waterfront homes are used.
The President of France uses your house for two weeks, then you are taxed for those services and fees! However if that same home is vacant for the other 50 weeks a year and it is vacant, then "we" don't use municpal services like schools, water, sewer etc. so pay your own way!
The watefront towns look at us as the goose that continues to lay the golden egg, that egg is about to be fried! We demand accountability for our dollars.
As California's Proposition 13 and Massachusetts' Proposition 2 1/2 both have done, they have stopped the insane property tax increases in both states and have forced communities to actually ask voters for permission to spend more money!
Go ahead and flame away!
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