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Originally Posted by bobio
secondcurve:
what about the meals tax, road tax and gas tax? I'd guess there are a few others. I absolutely agree that the towns need to create revenue for local
government, schools and public safety. What I'm saying is that the tax dollar amount is out of control.
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The meals, road, and gas taxes go to the state. Real estate taxes go to the town that the property resides in.
As for the amount, you should thank your fellow out of staters for building their multimillion dollar homes that drive the cost of property up for everyone else, including those of us who live here. As goodsk8s said, it's what the market will bear. What you're complaining about is the same problem us local folk have had to live with over the years as more and more out of staters come into the area with $$$$$ looking to purchase second homes.
I gave up on the idea of ever being able to afford even a small camp on the lake 
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So what have we learned in the past two thousand years?
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of Obamunism should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest the Republic become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
. . .Evidently nothing.
(Cicero, 55 BC augmented by me, 2010 AD)
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