Back to the original topic.... The issue with these increases, such as the proposed county increase, is that once they happen, they never go away, and are never used to take the burden off of other tax streams. It's the same issue with spending, once spent it becomes part of the budget, then is added into the next year's "budget" along with COL style increases which is called the "baseline" for the next year. They basically automatically increase the spending, call it a baseline, then increase or "cut" from there. When you start really paying attention it is unbelievable how fundamentally dishonest the process and lingo are and how the process is so stacked against the tax payer.
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