The let it out thread!

[toggleswitch]

Most tax bills are an assessed value multiplied by a tax rate.

The assessed value is usually prescribed by law, sometimes a percentage of the market value of a home (based on what decade, no one really knows!)

If either the A.V or the tax rate goes up so do your taxes.

Frequently polititcians play the game that they have not raised tax rates.... yeah so what? if the A.V, goes up so does what you pay!

Always beware of some @$$hole that overpays for a property. (s)he may have an impact on the overall A.V (i.e. artifically high)of ALL OTHER PROPERTIES in the jurisdiciton.

 

[washernut]

Thanks for explaining Toggles...the AV goes up on both properties year after year....of course the housing market in Michigan is dead in the water but I'm sure the AV will keep going up.

Thanks again
Bill

 

[perc-o-prince]

I pretty much think every woman knows about these things by

At least I haven't seen these ads on the Food Network!

Really... how many different "coozie cleansers" do ladies need? Not to mention the different "moogie mattresses" (with or without wings) that are each superior to the others. I swear... if I needed all these things I'd head to Homo Depot and get a bag of cement!!!

Lets see more jock itch ads!

Chuck

 

[sudsmaster]

Although I was a renter when it was passed, and opposed it back in the mid-70's, here in California we have Proposition 13 to thank for relatively low home property taxes. Passed around 1977, it froze assessed values for the purpose of taxation, and limited the increase in tax-assessed value to no more than 2% per year. So now my home is probably worth at least twice what it is being taxed for.

Since local governments used to depend mainly on property taxes for their funding, they have resorted to various other ways to generate revenue. I won't try to enumerate them here, but increased fees play a large part (a "fee" is a loophole, not considered a tax). Other assessments are all subject to vote, and they can add up as well, but nowhere near as bad as the unrestrained AV would. Sales taxes are also relatively high - 8.75% in this area, and California income tax rates are among the highest in the nation.

Don't really have a beef with any of this; I do have sympathy for those in other states with tax rates that exceed mortgage payments.

 

[maggie~hamilton]

Well, you know what "F.D.S" stands for, don't you?

"For Dirty Sn@tch"

 

[sudsmaster]

Restless Leg Syndrome?

A more annnoying commercial has not been aired on TV in a long time. A cure in search of a problem... CR did a good exposé on the various medicines being advertised heavily on TV the past year for... RLS, or Restless Leg Syndrome. I don't doubt that some people get this problem - I think I even had it years back sporadically - but CR points out that there are a lot of side effects to the meds, and there are also a lot of other ways of treating the syndrome - which truly is not life threatening.

 

[toggleswitch]

Do I smell roses?

Well, you know what "F.D.S" stands for, don't you?

(Between-the-leg) Floral Delivery Service.

Implied message:
Use our product and you will have the Kitty of Death!
(This was the RI cat that slept with the dying.)

 

[jasonl]

I was gonna rant but Toggle and JoeEkaitis said it all for me.

 

[perc-o-prince]

I don't doubt that some people get this problem - I thin

When I was a teen I had it quite frequently. I used to drive my father NUTS with my legs always moving when I'd be laying on the LR floor watching TV. But, we didn't have a name for it then, nor did we have meds with LOTS of side effects for it. It's gotten better over the (mumbled number of) years that I've had it, but I do still get it. Yes, it's uncomfortable, but I hear the list of side effects on TV, and just say, "no thanks!!!"

FDS- I remember a particularly disgusting rhyme from when I was a teen (maybe because I knew about me early): "If it smells like fish, it's a tasty dish. If it smells like cologne, leave it alone."

Please excuse me while I unswallow.....

Chuck

 

[sudsmaster]

As I recall, CR says, among other things, that a mineral imbalance can cause RLS.