North Dakota is deciding today whether to eliminate property taxes altogether, which would make it the first state since brilliant Alaska in 1980 to eliminate a major source of funding for things that people actually need, like people who professionally put out fires and an education.
There is actually some resonance with Pee13 -- one of the reasons it passed was the state had run a surplus and had a bit of money in the bank. All gone next year, of course.
I know this is a very subtle thing, and hard for anybody to notice, but am I the only one who's figured out that this benefits only property owners? And especially the owners of lots and lots of property? Purely an unintended consequence, I'm sure.
Well, it&#039;s not like parceling out the state&#039;s (somehow-acquired) millions to hundreds of towns, cities, and counties will be political or anything. I&#039;m sure if some ND town wants a sex-ed program, <strike>enlightened</strike> nutbag state legislators would never even entertain the notion of yanking on the purse strings.
The oil will run out, the workers will leave, and the prairie grass will cover all again. The buffalo may return but the Native Americans will not because we&#039;ve stuck them on the rez and made them alcoholics. Just a few small towns will be left with a few colorful characters who will tell people stopping for gas about the glory days.
No thanks, we don&#039;t want it. Hell, our glorious leader is cutting 60% of the staff at historic sites! We don&#039;t have money to waste on a whole state!
Kinda like Texas, where Bighair Perry and his preacher pals called for an end to drought, fire, and miscellaneous other One-Star State pestilences, but didn&rsquo;t specify how.
This will be fun to watch, especially when a pipeline breaks or a tanker of methyl iso bad karma rolls over in the middle of Minot. You know, those firefighters are way too expensive.
More like &quot;The Last Picture Show&quot; perhaps?
An image springs to mind.
True fact: There are ND and SD instead of one big Dakota because Republicans insisted on two states so they&#039;d have two more rural Senators.
There is actually some resonance with Pee13 -- one of the reasons it passed was the state had run a surplus and had a bit of money in the bank. All gone next year, of course.
I know this is a very subtle thing, and hard for anybody to notice, but am I the only one who&#039;s figured out that this benefits only property owners? And especially the owners of lots and lots of property? Purely an unintended consequence, I&#039;m sure.
Well, it&#039;s not like parceling out the state&#039;s (somehow-acquired) millions to hundreds of towns, cities, and counties will be political or anything. I&#039;m sure if some ND town wants a sex-ed program, <strike>enlightened</strike> nutbag state legislators would never even entertain the notion of yanking on the purse strings.
...from Denny`s right?
...including droit du seigneur for Mitt and our betters...
Dennys had this last summer - at least in Canadastan. Sorry to disappoint, but it was heinous.
The oil will run out, the workers will leave, and the prairie grass will cover all again. The buffalo may return but the Native Americans will not because we&#039;ve stuck them on the rez and made them alcoholics. Just a few small towns will be left with a few colorful characters who will tell people stopping for gas about the glory days.
The sales tax on a can of hobo beans will rise as a result - but that&#039;s only fair.
Somebody should show the rubes how the GOP&#039;s budget plan would affect those numbers.
No thanks, we don&#039;t want it. Hell, our glorious leader is cutting 60% of the staff at historic sites! We don&#039;t have money to waste on a whole state!
Kinda like Texas, where Bighair Perry and his preacher pals called for an end to drought, fire, and miscellaneous other One-Star State pestilences, but didn&rsquo;t specify how.
This will be fun to watch, especially when a pipeline breaks or a tanker of methyl iso bad karma rolls over in the middle of Minot. You know, those firefighters are way too expensive.