02-19-2017, 03:22 AM
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Originally posted by glinda
quote:Leilanidude, that statement is seemingly an emotionally driven, and poorly educated, one. As EvilOctopus pointed out there are resources online that break down our tax rates and compare them to other states and we for the most part are slightly (-3.37%) below average. And that's here, in Hawaii, where doing anything including running a government cost more than on average. So what's your beef?
Originally posted by leilanidude
Where does the blame go for Hawaii's high taxes...
As seen on the site that EvilOctopus linked to we are the least taxed in some instances (real estate) and close to the highest in others (tobacco) but come out lower than the median overall. Certainly there's nothing that warrants bitching about. Btw the republicans (since you dragged the democrats around in the mud) have never been all that good at fiscal matters themselves. Gee, George the Second was a financial disaster! Have you considered the effect he had on us financially?
So what do you want leilanidude, a free ride? No government services at all? Chaos? What? I know.. you want America to be Great Again! Right? Oi
HAHAHA !
I guess you don't want to mention the elephant that just left the office, leaving us with the largest deficit ever and more additional debt than any other? However, we aren't discussing national issues here. This is about this state and county.
glinda, This state and county are very poorly managed. Everyone responding to this thread knows it. Who is in office and has been the entire life span of both state and county?
People like yourself, who make excuses for this mismanagement are the problem. You would rather defend this one party show of excessive mismanagement than to admit the failure.
Comparing Hawaii property taxes to other states and then claiming, oh we're average, like that's a good thing? Look at the whole picture.
This was my point all along.
Owner occupied exemptions allowing one to pay as little as $25 is part of the problem as it forces the county to pile the taxes onto rental properties - which are mostly occupied by poorer folks. Is that fair to make the poorer folks pay for your share of property taxes that you avoid by paying as little as $25? Then the GET and possibly TAT is also applied to the rent those poorer folks pay. You want to pretend you are all for helping the poor? Then fix this obvious problem and ask that owner exemptions be the eliminated so that you can pay the same rate taxes. Maybe make homes that are rented for 1 year plus periods, have the rate you currently have?