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Cake day: August 3rd, 2023

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  • I think you may have it wrong on what is happening, this guy isn’t paying less tax than those around him from how i read it. Your area seems to be taxed based on the purchase price and not the assessed value of the property.

    From how i read it his taxes have steadily gone up base on home prices and assessments. He pays taxes every year and they are relatively the same as those around him. The problem is that the value has gone up more than it should have due to the local gov wanting to be paid more. Most county commissioners (R/D doesn’t matter) are paid a percentage of what the property tax based on population. This means that if the price goes up then they get paid more. At times these also come from the state instead of a county. This means that they reps are paid based on the tax assessment.

    If we make the math easy lets say he paid $30,000 for his house. (I know a city wont be this way but a small house in a rural area works for this also lets assume it was purchased some time ago). The current (as of today) monthly average of Social Security payments is $1976. ($23,712 yearly) This is about $70,000 every 3 years. $70,000/2 is $35,000. Again those payments are based on today and not the last few two years. Based on that math, SS 1976 x 12 (year) $23,712 divided by 2 (half my ss check) thats $11,856. He is essentially being taxed 30% of what he purchased his home for. I know this may not sound like much to some but its not about you in the city working the full time job for x an hour. This post is about a guy who built his home and purchased the lumber piece by piece and built it himself after purchasing the land.




  • The worst part is when you go to a place you need to pay before service is rendered.

    If I go to the bagel shop and get a dozen I pay before I pick them out. TIP? Are you kidding me, what what, you have not served me yet.

    A tip is to reward good service at a sit down place. I still think it shouldn’t be and if we have it, it should be back to the 5-10% like most countries that have tipping.

    But if you ask for a tip before you render service i get a little angry.



  • We have Disney+ due to kids and nothing else. Did Netflix for a bit but eventually didn’t like the price and policy change.

    I had actually enjoyed it a lot since it wasn’t too $$ at first. The price increase and stupid lawsuits made me rethink. Still decided the shows we watched as a family were worth the price and convenience.

    However in the past week they started adding things that were only available with the espn and Hulu subscriptions. So now we are seeing tons of things we can’t watch.

    It’s now really pissing me off. So all the other shit bothered me but not to the point of canceling. This however is going to be the catalyst.



  • Your right. It was a little bit of a “what about”ism. If they did it then why shouldn’t I isn’t the best argument. I do agree that he is going back on his word and we should hold our leaders to a higher standard.

    I guess I get a little frustrated by most dems holding their leaders to a higher standard and then their leaders resigning for it. All while nothing comes of a Republican holding office and threatening people with violence and sexual assault.