Comments on: City Council Poised to Pass Higher Taxes http://madisoncountygop.com/2009/10/02/city-council-poised-to-pass-higher-taxes/ The Home Page of the Madison County Republican Party of Indiana Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:06:47 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Todd Baldridge http://madisoncountygop.com/2009/10/02/city-council-poised-to-pass-higher-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Todd Baldridge Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:17:00 +0000 http://madisoncountygop.com/?p=1541#comment-46 Leland Franklin made this astute comment this morning on his radio show on WHBU: If city leaders refuse to cut staff, salaries and services -- and instead raise taxes -- people will simply move away from Anderson and Madison County. You can tell our city leaders have no clue on how to run a business much less balance a budget. Their answer is to raise taxes because they are afraid they will lose votes of the people who helped get them elected. Deadbeats. Always generous with other people's money -- and never their own. Why would anyone want to live in Anderson? High taxes, empty houses, crumbling infrastructure, etc. Democrats are causing great suffering with their adoption of the bailout mentality. Leland Franklin made this astute comment this morning on his radio show on WHBU: If city leaders refuse to cut staff, salaries and services — and instead raise taxes — people will simply move away from Anderson and Madison County.

You can tell our city leaders have no clue on how to run a business much less balance a budget. Their answer is to raise taxes because they are afraid they will lose votes of the people who helped get them elected. Deadbeats. Always generous with other people’s money — and never their own.

Why would anyone want to live in Anderson? High taxes, empty houses, crumbling infrastructure, etc. Democrats are causing great suffering with their adoption of the bailout mentality.

]]> By: Kelli Heuer http://madisoncountygop.com/2009/10/02/city-council-poised-to-pass-higher-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Kelli Heuer Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:23:51 +0000 http://madisoncountygop.com/?p=1541#comment-45 I'm sympathetic to the fact that the property tax caps have impacted the city and county, but elected officials need to find a solution other than taxing us taxpayers even more. I figured up the impact to my household income and it will be over $1,000+ alone with a LOIT. That doesn't include the wheel tax, trash fee, sewer rate increase, water rate increase. More and more of my money is going to government instead of in my pocketbook. I’m sympathetic to the fact that the property tax caps have impacted the city and county, but elected officials need to find a solution other than taxing us taxpayers even more. I figured up the impact to my household income and it will be over $1,000+ alone with a LOIT. That doesn’t include the wheel tax, trash fee, sewer rate increase, water rate increase. More and more of my money is going to government instead of in my pocketbook.

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