Senior Citizens of America are the targets of the tax and spend liberals in politics. One of the \"hidden\" taxes that most senior citizens pay that is not shared by millions of non seniors is school tax on property. If you own property, as most seniors do, you are paying property tax (unless you live in a state that does not have property tax). There are millions of people living in your state who do not own property and therefore do not have to pay the \"school tax\" that is a part of the property tax. In effect, you are supporting the education of other peoples children, even though you paid school and property taxes to support your own children.
Since Senior Citizens are prone to be either too busy with retirement or not physically able, they take little part in the community elections for school board members, thus they are being taxed without REAL representation. The quality of education continues to decline while the cost continues to escalate. Teachers have \"tenure\" which means that they can\'t be fired like other employees. Teachers unions oppose teacher testing for competency. There are many teachers on the payroll throughout the nation who are not qualified to teach, having received their degrees through programs that are taught by incompetent teachers. Poor education propogates itself in this manner. Reducing taxes that Senior Citizens pay would not reduce the quality of education, getting rid of incompetent teachers and administrators WOULD increase the quality of education.
I have been reading through the stories you are leaving in the comments and it breaks my heart to see how many people are struggling to keep their homes. It honestly never crossed my mind that so many of you were facing the exact same frustration regarding these taxes. This progress belongs entirely to the people who took the time to speak up.
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Carmelo Luna
7 years ago
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senior need reduced taxes, seniors have added financial burden prescriptions,doctors, hospitalization, seniors need reduced taxes and seniors have paid their share in educating there children already
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william l wimmer
7 years ago
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School taxes are more than 35% of my property tax. This is almost 1 months SS check. Can't stand it.
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Sandy Culverhouse
7 years ago
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Since retirement, our income has been greatly reduced. We can't keep up since our property rates have been raised so very much in the last ten or fifteen years. We have always paid taxes, but we have not had children in school for 45 years. This is just not right. Please help us who have paid taxes for years and years and are now retired.
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Emory Hopkins
7 years ago
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I though taxes weren't to go up after 65 on county or city tax but mind has gone up every yr and i am 78 now
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Donna Dunlap
7 years ago
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In College Station the property and school taxes are out of control. They taxes increases force seniors and widows out of the homes they worked all their life to own. It is like extortion.
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Anthony Tuso
7 years ago
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Our Property taxes have risen 49.8% Since 2012. When does it ever stop.
School taxes are important but we don't even have children in our district going to school yet we are taxed as if we did. We should get some kind of break.
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Abigail Arizmendez
4 years ago
I am a 78 senior citizen married to a deceased Army veteran. At what age do the taxing bodies freeze the value of my home for tax purposes. I agree that we seniors should be exempt from paying school taxes because our children are grown adults now, we paid when they were in school to support the school system which all citizens that have children should. Here in the Rio Grande Valley, people from across the border that have friends or relatives here, borrow their address and bring their children and enroll them in our schools, but they don't pay anything because they don't own property. THAT IS NOT FAIR. I think everybody should pay, but they get away with it because there is nobody to check on them or investigate this situation.
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dan brown
5 years ago
I want to do this in Wash. state and need help getting started can you help
Senior Citizens of America are the targets of the tax and spend liberals in politics. One of the \"hidden\" taxes that most senior citizens pay that is not shared by millions of non seniors is school tax on property. If you own property, as most seniors do, you are paying property tax (unless you live in a state that does not have property tax). There are millions of people living in your state who do not own property and therefore do not have to pay the \"school tax\" that is a part of the property tax. In effect, you are supporting the education of other peoples children, even though you paid school and property taxes to support your own children.
Since Senior Citizens are prone to be either too busy with retirement or not physically able, they take little part in the community elections for school board members, thus they are being taxed without REAL representation. The quality of education continues to decline while the cost continues to escalate. Teachers have \"tenure\" which means that they can\'t be fired like other employees. Teachers unions oppose teacher testing for competency. There are many teachers on the payroll throughout the nation who are not qualified to teach, having received their degrees through programs that are taught by incompetent teachers. Poor education propogates itself in this manner. Reducing taxes that Senior Citizens pay would not reduce the quality of education, getting rid of incompetent teachers and administrators WOULD increase the quality of education.
I have been reading through the stories you are leaving in the comments and it breaks my heart to see how many people are struggling to keep their homes. It honestly never crossed my mind that so many of you were facing the exact same frustration regarding these taxes. This progress belongs entirely to the people who took the time to speak up.
22 Comments
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Carmelo Luna
7 years ago
Featured
senior need reduced taxes, seniors have added financial burden prescriptions,doctors, hospitalization, seniors need reduced taxes and seniors have paid their share in educating there children already
W
william l wimmer
7 years ago
Featured
School taxes are more than 35% of my property tax. This is almost 1 months SS check. Can't stand it.
S
Sandy Culverhouse
7 years ago
Featured
Since retirement, our income has been greatly reduced. We can't keep up since our property rates have been raised so very much in the last ten or fifteen years. We have always paid taxes, but we have not had children in school for 45 years. This is just not right. Please help us who have paid taxes for years and years and are now retired.
E
Emory Hopkins
7 years ago
Featured
I though taxes weren't to go up after 65 on county or city tax but mind has gone up every yr and i am 78 now
D
Donna Dunlap
7 years ago
Featured
In College Station the property and school taxes are out of control. They taxes increases force seniors and widows out of the homes they worked all their life to own. It is like extortion.
A
Anthony Tuso
7 years ago
Featured
Our Property taxes have risen 49.8% Since 2012. When does it ever stop.
School taxes are important but we don't even have children in our district going to school yet we are taxed as if we did. We should get some kind of break.
A
Abigail Arizmendez
4 years ago
I am a 78 senior citizen married to a deceased Army veteran. At what age do the taxing bodies freeze the value of my home for tax purposes. I agree that we seniors should be exempt from paying school taxes because our children are grown adults now, we paid when they were in school to support the school system which all citizens that have children should. Here in the Rio Grande Valley, people from across the border that have friends or relatives here, borrow their address and bring their children and enroll them in our schools, but they don't pay anything because they don't own property. THAT IS NOT FAIR. I think everybody should pay, but they get away with it because there is nobody to check on them or investigate this situation.
D
dan brown
5 years ago
I want to do this in Wash. state and need help getting started can you help
senior need reduced taxes, seniors have added financial burden prescriptions,doctors, hospitalization, seniors need reduced taxes and seniors have paid their share in educating there children already