Tim Robbins Shriley Kressel: Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance Team America, and then Team America goes out... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money.
They raised the property taxes on commercial buildings a couple years ago, because the alternative was to raise the taxes on residents, and the Mayor wasn't about to do that, was he? (Of course, residential property taxes were already going up, due to inflated property values, but the increase due to the tax structure would have been too much for the average resident to handle, especially in an election year!)
So, that worked for a couple years, but now the city is faced with the same problem - the current property tax structure won't support the city's budget. A city budget, by the way, that has doubled during the tenure of this one Mayor.
Put another way, the city has spent every single possible dollar available over the past ten years.
Before we start making accusations of who should be paying what (and before we listen to the thoughts and opinions of a crackpot such as Shirley Kressel), residents should ask, "What exactly has the city done with all its money, and am I getting back in services what I pay in taxes?"
Here's your problem John: where as your answer is logical and well thought out, Shirley's has a fun conspiracy theory! Personally, I'd like to see this play out a little like "Die Hard." Just imagine some German Corporate Para-military organization taking over the Hancock... AWESOME!!!
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Tim Robbins Shriley Kressel:
Tim RobbinsShriley Kressel: Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance Team America, and then Team America goes out... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money.More complicated than that ...
Well, not exactly.
They raised the property taxes on commercial buildings a couple years ago, because the alternative was to raise the taxes on residents, and the Mayor wasn't about to do that, was he? (Of course, residential property taxes were already going up, due to inflated property values, but the increase due to the tax structure would have been too much for the average resident to handle, especially in an election year!)
So, that worked for a couple years, but now the city is faced with the same problem - the current property tax structure won't support the city's budget. A city budget, by the way, that has doubled during the tenure of this one Mayor.
Put another way, the city has spent every single possible dollar available over the past ten years.
Before we start making accusations of who should be paying what (and before we listen to the thoughts and opinions of a crackpot such as Shirley Kressel), residents should ask, "What exactly has the city done with all its money, and am I getting back in services what I pay in taxes?"
The short answer: NO.
But Not Nearly As Much Fun...
Here's your problem John: where as your answer is logical and well thought out, Shirley's has a fun conspiracy theory! Personally, I'd like to see this play out a little like "Die Hard." Just imagine some German Corporate Para-military organization taking over the Hancock... AWESOME!!!