Grumpy Gramps

get off my lawn

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@EthansAnalyst @MikeyDiMercurio You’re on point for the analysis

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@rogergeorgekeen You were completely wrong on this. We run our own country. You run yours your leaders have good use for the inside out.

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@thematrixb0t Why is Londonit head of this “family “ now ?

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@CryptoChronicX Looks good

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@March111992 @MontyFritts4TN That’s their choice not mine

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@March111992 @MontyFritts4TN In the holler, all of our neighbors are protected by each other

[Uzi @UziCryptoo]

Property taxes help fund schools, roads, emergency services, and local infrastructure. That part of the system matters and most people understand why those taxes exist.

But the conversation changes when an 85 year old retiree on a fixed income is paying $15,000 a year just to stay in a home they already paid off decades ago.

Property taxes are tied to rising home values. As neighborhoods become more expensive, assessments increase and tax bills rise with them. The problem is that homeowners do not need to sell their property, earn more income, or receive any actual cash for those bills to go up.

A couple who bought a modest home in the late 1980s may now live in a property worth several times what they originally paid. On paper, they look wealthier. In reality, they may still be relying entirely on Social Security or retirement savings that have not kept pace with rising costs.

That creates a situation where people can become “house rich but cash poor.” They technically own valuable property, but the monthly tax burden can become impossible to manage.

Many states do offer relief programs for seniors, including homestead exemptions, tax freezes, and income based credits. But these programs are often difficult to access, limited by strict qualifications, or reduced when budgets tighten. The people who need the help most are often the least likely to successfully navigate the system.

It is possible to support property taxes as a way to fund essential public services while also recognizing that the system needs reform for older homeowners living on fixed incomes.

Those ideas can exist together.

You can’t expect someone who’s 67, or 72, or 85 to keep paying the government $10,000-15,000 every year just to live in their own paid off house.

If you defend this system you’re brainwashed. Nowhere else costs this much only here.

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@Blackfingers63 Planish and polish the faces before you start beating

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@anon_opin No, we sleep on what’s closest to the door just to be will take care of our space

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@MotoNutJob Only hurts the next day the milk doesn’t. You’re always welcome to come out here and visit. I’ve already been to your place twice.

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@MotoNutJob dude

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@_frankie_rivers Kick it girl

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@mj196410 50-50 oil and diesel

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@OGsDontFold Why is he in your house and why are you responsible? Seriously he’s an adult.

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@BillWiIdin It doesn’t work here financially cost analysis data does not match

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@DougWahl1 Dude, I learned 3 on the tree

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@kelly_ques 42

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@em_Lazzy Become some are serious some or not

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@SGTWipper1Each Shit on a shingle

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@MichaelGrahamSC Go to a secondary appliance reseller they probably have the parts out of an old one