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Killing Property Taxes in Florida - Will That Really Help Grandma and Grandpa?
19 April 2007
I'm not trying to whip a dead horse.
Life can throw a few curve-balls at you - some of which open eyes to a different viewpoint, a different paradigm.  I think my mind's been in Florida a bit lately, especially with reports coming in about my wife's uncle who is in the hospital down there.  I guess you mix that with David Podgursky's blog and an event that happened a few minutes ago, and for me, an idea akin to an epiphany moved to the surface of my mind.
The catalyst to the new viewpoint came from a very simple comment from Michael Fooladi, who comments in my Would You Trade SALES TAX for PROPERTY TAX?  blog.  Michael simply wrote, "Absolutely.  Raise the sales tax and do away with property taxes."  I then thought of the "old timers."
Wouldn't it be something if our Older Adults (the PC form of Senior Citizens) - which are our current Moms and Dads, Grandmas and Grandpas right now (and will be us some day) could actually LIVE on their social security, savings, and retirement funds!?  With NO Property Tax they could even truly OWN their homes.  Completely!  Currently, if they don't pay property tax, they could ... more

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