Recently moved from the South to the North, there are now three taxes on my house (in the South there was one) at about double what I was paying before, we pay an income tax to the local municipality, never did that before, of course our state charges income tax, the rate is probably higher. So what are we getting?
less services, recycling pick up only every other week, most people don't even bother recycling
no municipal or county dump or land fill to get rid of things
narrow, winding, potholed streets with ugly weeds and guard rails (in the South we had nicely curbed wide smooth streets with lovely landscaping)
teachers about to go on strike and lazy unionized public workers
people who work in shops and stores ignore customers and carry on their own conversations (yesterday I bagged my own groceries in Giant Eagle while 5 workers gabbed nearby)
NO adresses, no streetsigns with block numbers, you can't find anything!
Yuck! I know I've gone off beyond taxes!
2007-11-01
04:48:54
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Brenda P
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Renting & Real Estate