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sarge83 wrote:
KY has better gun laws than TN, but is horrible as far as taxes. Property taxes, income tax, sales tax, car property tax each year etc...
I don't mean to belittle your observations about taxes in Kentucky, but did I mention I'm living in
CommieFornia?
Property taxes - Mom's house valued at $439K, annual property tax: $6,700.00. My house is valued at $165K. Annual propert tax: $3,200.00. We pay about $10,000.00 per year property tax for these two homes. And people wonder why the "kids" move in with mom and dad in CommieFornia!
Registration for my new 2004 Dodge Sprinter (sale price: $26K) was nearly $1,000.00 the first year. It goes down each year until it bottoms out at about $250.00. Mt truck is 5 years old. I have paid Commiefornia about $4,000.00 in "USE FEES" (
You mean you're actually going to drive that truck on our roads?) That isn't sales tax. That is a tax for
using the roads!
We're paying about 48 cents per gallon Federal and state taxes for each gallon of fuel.
Sales tax here is 9.25%
If you buy a computer, a monitor, a printer, a DVD player etc., you have to pay the disposal fee
at the time of purchase, because you just
might dispose of it illegally in CommieFornia! They can't trust you to dispose of it legally, so you pay the illegal dump fee
up front. EVEN IF I take all of my "hazardous waste" with me to Kentucky, I still have to pay Commiefornia the penalties for disposing of it illegally here. I bought a 24" flat panel monitor. I had to pay Commiefornia $26.00 for the privilege. I told them I
promise not to dispose of the monitor in their state,
but that doesn't matter.
Tires for you car? you pay a waste disposal fee per tire when you BUY them, and you pay another $3-5.00 per tire when you actually dispose of them. Large tires (4WD mudders, etc.) can cost $10 to $25
per tire to dispose of them.
I just bought two batteries for my tow truck. I paid $40.00 to the state ($20.00 per battery, hazardous waste disposal fee) to leave my two old batteries at Sears' door
for recycling.
They replaced my electric meter recently. It is a "smart" meter. It "talks" to the other meters over the power lines, and tattles on me if I am burning more energy that the average consumption for my area on a given day. So if I decide to spend the day doing laundry while my neighbors all head t the stadium for the big game, my electricity could double or triple in price, because I'm using much more than they are
at that moment. They aren't even home,
but that doesn't matter.
You probably pay a flat rate per KwH for electricity. We have tiered rates here. If I use 160 Kw in a month, it is .21 per Kw. If I go over my 160 Kw allotment, the additional electricity is charged at a premium rate of about .34 per Kw because I am "wasting" electricity. If I go over the next tier (I think 230Kw) I pay even more per Kw for the additional power. My mom's electric bill is about $40.00 per month. Mine routinely runs $130.00 I have computers, cable TV, and 13 watt exterior security lights that run all night, as well as security cameras and such. I am deemed to be a "gross consumer" of electricity. I guess I'm not supposed to run the pool pump. After all, my mom doesn't use that much electricity while running her pool pump. She doesn't HAVE a pool, or a pool pump,
but if she did, they calculate that she would be using her electricity far more efficiently than I do. She doesn't have a pool or a pool pump,
but that doesn't matter!
Trash pick up is $39.00 per month. The "penalty assessment" for this county started out at 5%. A $20.00 ticket would cost $21.00 when you went to pay it. THe additional 5% ($1.00) went to pay for tires for patrol cars and such. There was no ceiling placed on the assessment when it was created. THe county's penalty assessment is currently
331%. Carpool lane violations carry a $100.00 fine. So do red light camera tickets. When the penalty assessment is added to the fine, it will cost you
$431.00 to pay that ticket.
I could go on, but I'm tired now. And broke.