[Vision2020] Nate's House
John Danahy
jdanahy@turbonet.com
Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:52:33 -0700
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Nate has provided us with a simple answer to a complex question. If
Nate buys one house and lives in it, he joins the rest of us in
supporting, through property taxes, local governmental entities. If he
buys more houses and becomes a landlord, he increases his support of
these entities because as a landlord he doesn't get the $50,000
exemption on the houses he doesn't live in.
If, however, Nate buys one house, and lets other like-minded people live
with him for some nominal rent, creating either a commune or a boarding
house, and he still claims the $50,000 exemption then he has engaged to
place, through deception, a greater burden of support on the rest of us.
If he then claims his house is a church, run as a non-profit, the burden
on the rest becomes even larger.
The real issue here is not about who buys one building, but who has
bought many buildings. If a single entity, either one person or
commune, engages to purchase an ever increasing economic control of the
city, then all citizens should be aware, if not concerned. The city
governments handling of the Wal-mart affair many years ago was a wake up
call for all of us. We have watched the local university become bigger
at our expense, why shouldn't we be concerned when another tax free
entity becomes bigger at our expense?
John
jdanahy@turbonet.com
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nate has provided us with a simple answer to a =
complex
question. If Nate buys one house and lives in it, he joins the =
rest of us
in supporting, through property taxes, local governmental =
entities. If he
buys more houses and becomes a landlord, he increases his support of =
these
entities because as a landlord he doesn’t get the $50,000 =
exemption on
the houses he doesn’t live in.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If, however, Nate buys one house, and lets other =
like-minded
people live with him for some nominal rent, creating either a commune or =
a
boarding house, and he still claims the $50,000 exemption then he has =
engaged
to place, through deception, a greater burden of support on the rest of
us. If he then claims his house is a church, run as a non-profit, =
the
burden on the rest becomes even larger. </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The real issue here is not about who buys one =
building, but
who has bought many buildings. If a single entity, either one =
person or commune,
engages to purchase an ever increasing economic control of the city, =
then all
citizens should be aware, if not concerned. The city governments =
handling
of the Wal-mart affair many years ago was a wake up call for all of =
us. We
have watched the local university become bigger at our expense, why =
shouldn’t
we be concerned when another tax free entity becomes bigger at our =
expense?</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
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href=3D"mailto:jdanahy@turbonet.com">jdanahy@turbonet.com</a></span></fon=
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