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To: goldworldnet who wrote (251327)	4/26/2002 12:54:03 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

RE: I put everything I can into my retirement funds and I still worry. Why worry? Aren't the Republicans going to fix everything and give us all a prosperous future? Anyway, good luck. Where do you live that the property taxes are so high?

To: goldworldnet who wrote (251327)	4/26/2002 1:09:30 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Been there, Done That! Home paid for several years ago. Three kids through college. Still working part time. Yes, my property taxes (about $150/month) are more than my original mortgage payment but no strain. I think the answer for most people will be to continue working, at least part time, after age 65. Good luck!

To: goldworldnet who wrote (251327)	4/26/2002 1:31:13 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I know. I'm trying various other tricks, since I'm owner-builder on a house that will have mortgage-sized tax bill, if I don't appeal to the county tax board. Since I bought the land cheap, and am building the basic home at a fraction of the final appraised value, there is precedent for claiming reduced appraised value, if everything is documented. Plus Prop 13 in California helps, once you establish the basis, if you never sell. (The remaining irritation are tons of bond issues you have to keep track of. I have a rental property in Sonoma County with property taxes of $500/yr and bond+misc mandatory fees of $1,200/yr.) The daughters ! Now, there's an expense politics can do nothing about, I know from experience ! <vbg> I pushed the kids towards home-ownership and rental ownership, regardless of their other careers, and, so far, it has worked out well, in spite of the above tax issues. The only way IMO to check the future growth of all-powerful, all-consuming government and eventual fascism or socialism is citizen's duty of constant pressure to restaint, accountability, and transparency.