My land and school taxes on 2 acres are $9,000 per year. I can't put up a shed for my tractor without incurring new taxes. My taxes are going up about 6% per year. The school teachers have a contract that guarantees them 5% per year. People are moving up from NYC so we need to build more schools and that will cost me another $1000 per year by 2010.

Forget about whether these taxes are consitutional or not. I think there are lots of people on the take. People that have lived in the town forever become part of the infrastruture and somehow this money makes it into their pockets. Everyone is guaranteed a 5% pay hike every year while industry caps my retirement and hasn't given me a raise in 2 years.

Eventually the public sector has to come in line with the private sector. Or pretty soon everyone will be leaving these poor people with no tax revenues to pass around at the local pubs.

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