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Difference between MLS & Euro League Soccer is being shown. 🇺🇸 vs 🇧🇪 #WorldCup

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@goud4utah @GovCox Gifting our water away. @GovCox

Solve the water problem, then have your data center. Time for you to lose your job. Not sure how you got back in office anyway. 👎🏼

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[Just Phil Lyman @phil_lyman]

People should not pay tax on their homes or on their groceries. Government spending is a cancer. It’s time for major reform here in Utah.

[Ghost of Porter Rockwell @GhostOPRockwell]

This is something that's actually worth organizing a protest over.

[The Eternal Saints @Eternal_Saints_]

Utah’s Tax Revolt Is Brewing | Salt Lake County’s 20% Hike Is the Final Straw

Last night, news broke that Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson intends to propose a 19.6% property tax increase; nearly $49 million in new revenue pulled straight from the pockets of Utahns who are already barely holding on.

Wilson says the hike is needed to cover “inflationary pressures,” fund county operations, and pay for “essential services” like the jail, the DA’s office, and state-mandated programs. But let’s call this what it is: another burden placed on working families at the worst possible time.

Salt Lake County’s move isn’t unique, it’s part of a state-wide pattern. Counties and cities all across Utah have approved or proposed massive hikes over the past year. Utah County raised its general fund tax by nearly 48%. Box Elder, Cache, Davis, and Weber counties have each greenlit double-digit increases. Even small towns like Wellington and Gunnison are slamming homeowners with tax hikes north of 70%.

The political class says they have “no choice.” They cite inflation, growth, and unfunded mandates from the state. But they never talk about the other side of the equation; the spending side. Utah’s state budget has more than doubled since 2000, even after adjusting for inflation. Meanwhile, Utahns’ wages have not.

And let’s remember how we got here.

Before 2019, Utah was one of the most affordable and stable places to live in America. Then came the pandemic. With the rise of remote work, thousands of high-earning Californians moved here, inflating housing costs beyond what locals could ever match. The taxable value of Utah homes tripled in a decade (from $126 billion to $375 billion) but the number of homes only grew by about 20%.

That explosion in value shifted Utah’s entire property tax burden onto homeowners. Add to that the Legislature’s ill-timed 2018 “basic levy” freeze, which stopped tax rates from adjusting downward as property values surged, and you’ve got a perfect storm.

Now, Salt Lake County and dozens of other jurisdictions are capitalizing on that “perfect storm” to take even more from the people who built this state.

And as if housing pressures from out-of-staters weren’t enough, Utah’s lax policies toward illegal migration have only increased demand on housing and public services; driving prices higher while stretching budgets thinner. Local families who’ve been here for generations now find themselves priced out of the homes they grew up in, paying more taxes to fund a system that seems to be working against them.

Mayor Wilson and other county executives say their hands are tied. But they’re not. They could tighten their own belts, prioritize essential services, and stop bonding us into oblivion for convention centers and government campuses. Instead, they choose the easy route: raise taxes, blame inflation, and call it “responsible governance.”

Utahns are tapped out. We’ve weathered a pandemic, runaway housing inflation, and national economic decline. And now we’re being told we must pay more to live in our own homes.

It’s time to stop accepting this as normal. Every tax increase should be met with fierce opposition until the political class learns that Utah families are not their personal ATM.

In 2026, voters have the power to make that message clear. It’s time to send new leaders to every level of government. And leaders who will stop balancing budgets on the backs of working Utahns and start restoring fiscal sanity, accountability, and respect for the people who built Zion.

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@tvheidihatch How about a 20% decrease in pay for public leaders? 😊

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@Turbinetraveler Noticed???

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@MUSSemeritus 🤣

[tyler hogge @thogge]

i mean. cmon.

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@ConnorHapper Sign this man right now. @NFL

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@HuskerFootball shout out to Archie Wilson! Best wishes my dude! Kia Ora

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@ChaseThomason Go to pizza spot?

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