Relief From High Annual Increasing Property Taxes, Fees & Bonds Is Coming!
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LAST UPDATED: 3/31/20
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Please don't be afraid to respond. My mind, eyes & ears are fully open for your comments to help me improve my letter to our government officials in Washington State.
Hello,
Relief From Property Taxes, Fees & Bonds Annual Increases
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I NEED YOUR BRAINS & HELP!
I’M PREPARING MY ARGUMENTS FOR “PROPERTY TAX RELIEF” IN WASHINGTON STATE & I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, CRITICISMS OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS, ETC. BEFORE I CREATE THE FINAL LETTER I’M SENDING THIS OUT TO THE “SMARTEST” PEOPLE I KNOW IN CAMAS! THEN I WILL MAIL FINAL PIECE OF WORK TO THE GOVERNOR, HEADS OF STATE, COUNTY LEADERS, CITY LEADERS. THE TIME HAS COME FOR FAIRNESS IN PROPERTY TAXES FOR OUR CITIZENS.
Because of the huge differences in the inequality of income & wealth today in our state we must make changes to the Base Formula of how Property Taxes, Fees & Bonds are assessed on Washington State Homeowners. Not only has increase PT’s Frees & Bonds become a hardship for most Property & Homeowners in our state it is also a hardship on Renters & a Primary Cause of Homelessness in Washington State.
The old formula does not work today for most Washington Citizens because of the Income Wealth Inequality issue for Lower & Middle Income Residents. It used to be several decades ago that 25% of a person’s income will go to housing, the more realistic percentage today is much much higher, in some cases 70% to 90% or more goes to the cost of housing in many cases it is totally unaffordable & the taxes keep going up where in so many cases the income keeps staying flat or goes down.
Therefore, we need to change the formula and that starts with giving higher exceptions or discounts than what is presently being offered by the state today to the lower income and middle classes, seniors, disabled citizens & veterans, people losing their jobs & sick people.
Exceptions/Discounts offered today are meaningless & need to be higher starting at 50% & higher. Some states are giving disabled people 100% Exceptions. Santa Cruz, Ca gave me over 70% off my Property Taxes due to my War Veteran Combat status.
The other thing we need to do in regard to any inequality & to help seniors is to remove the Reagan Federal Tax imposed on our Social Security payments. That’s next.
This spread sheet covers the PT’s, Bonds, & Fees Increases since 2006 on my house as an example. At the rate if these increases, I don’t believe many people will be able to afford to continue living in their Camas homes much longer. Especially with the cities’ chronic spending problem.
Help me help the people of Washington State to get more money in their hands to spend & help our Washington State Economy & our Financially Recover In Post Coronavirus.
This is my current spreadsheet to give your an idea of our Property Tax Increases Crisis.
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Randy
RJH