Possums Walker

Cyber Beast owner. Inspired daily by SpaceX. Married my best friend. Luckiest man alive.

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@mrtimer2022 @CyberTruckMax That actually looks awesome!😎

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This is the way!

Cybertrucks’ in thier element! What a perfect use case!

Quiet, efficient, corrosion proof, and they’ll even take a direct hit from a charging rhino!

Just awesome!😎

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Bankrupt the state? Tell me you have no clue without telling me you have no clue.

Florida property tax revenue has skyrocketed the last several years due to surging home values. The collected money has nearly doubled, so local governments basically won the lottery. Rather than reducing rates to maintain current services, they all decided just to spend more! The government mantra of "spend it or lose it" holds true; there is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. But if you want to donate more to them, they will absolutely accept it from you.

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@TitaniumTomP It looks great!😊

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Of course they are! The only ones advocating against it are those who benefit most: government officials, employees and their unions, and people tied to government revenue. What a surprise!

They spent all the ballooning revenue from property value increases.

The “spend it or lose it” government mantra is real!

It’s time to help people afford their homes!

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Taxation with or without local representation—read this twice—is still taxation.

Where did all the recent tax revenue windfall go? Why are you not more concerned about the bloat, waste, and ballooning spending by local governments right now? The “spend it or lose it” government mantra is real.

Advocating to keep us perpetually paying rent to local governments just for the privilege of living in our homes is strange. They will still get plenty of revenue through property taxes. All commercial and non-primary residences still pay at the recent ballooning property value rates (over 70% of all property taxes collected). Why tax our homes in perpetuity, especially if revenue is not the issue? Even if the entire 30% of homesteaded taxes was eliminated (which is not the case), they would still collect the same revenue as just a few years ago. Why is slowing government spending to match population growth so bad?

The most vocal people advocating to keep these homestead taxes are those who benefit most from them: local governments, government employees and their associations or unions, and those with personal revenue tied to government services.

I’m not saying abolish all taxes, but there needs to be common sense too. They have shown us that when given unprecedented revenue increases, they will just spend it. We want our kids to be able to actually buy a first-time home, and if the money they would pay to government can be put toward a payment on an insanely priced house to help offset those crazy prices, I’m for it.

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@PolicyEngineer Because they both have such low overall tax rates…😂

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I'm still waiting for the "full and honest conversation" about where all the new tax revenue collected in the past several years has been going (50-80%, some areas even higher).

The mantra of government representatives and employees—"spend it or lose it"—is a real phenomenon and actually a sickness.

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The Florida Constitution says otherwise... and only the people, with a two-thirds majority vote, can change that too.

Enough of the fearmongering. Why do you all love taking everyone's hard-earned money so much?

Tax revenue is at an all-time high, far outpacing growth rates and any actually required service needs.

You all have a sickness—a lust for other people’s money. Nothing seems to satiate it.

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@RaminNasibov Hunt the Wumpus.

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@ExitPlan @kneubuehl EDS is real. These are just mean people at their core.

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He is not…he’s proposing to limit them, and only on homesteaded homes (so only primary residences, where working-class people actually live). Even on these homesteaded houses, it’s limited (in its final phase) to a cap of $500,000 of a home’s value. Many, if not most, homes—especially in South Florida—are above this $500,000 tax exemption threshold (try to find a home in Jupiter for less than $500k). So property tax revenue remains, but only on homesteaded homes valued above $500,000.

This tax reduction plan helps lower-income homeowners the most dramatically. It is an awesome plan. Commercial properties (businesses) and non-primary homes (second homes, rental properties) are not affected at all. These rates stay the same and account for over 70% of all collected property tax revenue. We are only reducing taxes on a subset of the remaining 30%, and only on the first $500,000 in property value.

If a home bought 10 years ago for $300,000 just sold for $850,000 (common in today’s Jupiter), the homeowner is still taxed on $350,000 of value—still expensive, but enough savings to help with now much higher mortgage costs.

This plan is genius. The rich still get taxed heavily on their million-dollar homes (homesteaded or not), as do businesses and part-time residents. Only lower-value primary residences see the most, if not all, of the relief.

It is the definition of a progressive tax plan, yet progressives can’t grasp its simplicity.

How is any of this not positive? It forces municipalities to follow a budget and live within a still-generous revenue pot, while directly helping the people who need it most.

Businesses and non-homesteaded properties remain taxed at current skyrocketed values, so the tax base is still greater than it was 10 years ago.

This plan is beautiful in its simplicity: it helps residents who need it most while signaling that skyrocketing values don’t justify skyrocketing budgets.

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He is not…he’s proposing to limit them, and only on homesteaded homes (so only primary residences, where working-class people actually live). Even on these homesteaded houses, it’s limited (in its final phase) to a cap of $500,000 of a home’s value. Many, if not most, homes—especially in South Florida—are above this $500,000 tax exemption threshold (try to find a home in Jupiter for less than $500k). So property tax revenue remains, but only on homesteaded homes valued above $500,000.

This tax reduction plan helps lower-income homeowners the most dramatically. It is an awesome plan. Commercial properties (businesses) and non-primary homes (second homes, rental properties) are not affected at all. These rates stay the same and account for over 70% of all collected property tax revenue. We are only reducing taxes on a subset of the remaining 30%, and only on the first $500,000 in property value.

If a home bought 10 years ago for $300,000 just sold for $850,000 (common in today’s Jupiter), the homeowner is still taxed on $350,000 of value—still expensive, but enough savings to help with now much higher mortgage costs.

This plan is genius. The rich still get taxed heavily on their million-dollar homes (homesteaded or not), as do businesses and part-time residents. Only lower-value primary residences see the most, if not all, of the relief.

It is the definition of a progressive tax plan, yet progressives can’t grasp its simplicity.

How is any of this not positive? It forces municipalities to follow a budget and live within a still-generous revenue pot, while directly helping the people who need it most.

Businesses and non-homesteaded properties remain taxed at current skyrocketed values, so the tax base is still greater than it was 10 years ago.

This plan is beautiful in its simplicity: it helps residents who need it most while signaling that skyrocketing values don’t justify skyrocketing budgets.

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Every town that levies taxes has had its tax revenue increase nearly 50% due to massive property value increases. Every town that you keep changing to has experienced this. Why is this so hard for you to understand? Our population rises incrementally, our tax revenue has risen insanely, and rather than lowering tax rates to match the needs of incremental population increases, they just spend it all and then ask for more. It’s never enough.

Grok:

“This includes ad valorem (property) taxes of $1,295,203 plus utility service taxes, communications services taxes, local business taxes, and related items reported in governmental funds (per official Florida EDR municipal revenue data compiled from city-submitted audited figures).
For the most recent available data (FY ended Sept. 30, 2024), total tax revenue rose to approximately $2,444,413 (ad valorem taxes alone jumped to $1,961,997).
That’s a solid ~39% increase in total tax revenue over ~5 years. (Budgets for FY 2025-26 project ad valorem around $1.9M+, showing continued upward trend.)
Population? Basically flat—no meaningful growth to explain the revenue jump. Official U.S. Census/EDR estimates put it at ~2,375 in 2019, dropping slightly to 2,364 (2020 Census), and hovering around 2,300–2,423 in recent 2023–2024 estimates/ACS data (sources vary slightly by methodology, but the trend is stable or a tiny dip).
Bottom line: Tax revenue growth far outpaced (and didn’t match) any population change. It’s classic South Florida real-estate magic—rising property values, millage rates, and other tax-base factors drove the boost, not more residents. The village stayed small and steady while its tax haul got a Miami-style glow-up.
Data pulled straight from Florida EDR state compilations (city-reported audits) and Census sources—no guesses or hallucinations. If you want deeper dives into a specific audit PDF, full breakdowns, or FY2025 projections, just holler!”

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The City of Miami's tax revenue increased ~50% over the last 10 years, while the population grew only ~5%. They are taking more money per capita than ever and spending every dime of it. When is it going to be enough? How will the younger generation ever afford to buy even an entry-level house?

It's becoming robbery.

Their own published numbers don't lie. The City of Miami does not have a revenue problem.

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@bellaliberteaa Again, where is all the new revenue going? Revenue has nearly doubled—what level is enough to satiate them? Please help me understand where and why they need all this. They can’t keep taking from us and expect no pushback. This is on unrealized gains. It should be criminal.

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@bellaliberteaa Where is all the new revenue going? Revenue has nearly doubled—what level is enough to satiate them? Please help me understand where and why they need all this. They can’t keep taking from us and expect no pushback. This is on unrealized gains. It should be criminal.

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@Grumpy_Tesla Gamifying it is dumb, as there are dumb people who will let it do dumb (and likely unsafe) things just to keep their streak going.

Gamifying safety is super stupid.