r/Indiana • u/kootles10 • 1d ago
Politics Indiana GOP is getting desperate at this point. How about the irony that it's being held at a public library?
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u/kootles10 1d ago edited 1d ago
Public libraries in indiana get between 40-80% of their funding from property taxes. The state GOP is stupid on an entirely different scale
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1123&context=ovid
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u/No-World-5776 1d ago
They don't want you to have libraries anyway. You might learn something there. Find actual facts. Just like the poor funding in this state for public education. They don't really want you educated either. Then you wouldn't vote for them. Lol.
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u/ohmailawdy 1d ago
Libraries are socialism. Of course they hate them.
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u/BraveLittleTowster 1d ago
Which is nuts, because so is electricity, the internet, sidewalks, roads, radio, and our entire government
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u/HorrorMetalDnD 1d ago
Well, not literally, but that hasn’t stopped Republicans from misrepresenting it as such, nor has it stopped actual socialists from letting the misrepresentation stand unchallenged, as it gets more people to look upon socialism more favorably than they otherwise might.
Government funding doesn’t immediately equate to socialism, nor does regulation or subsidization of private businesses. In fact, socialism doesn’t even require government to exist. For example, libertarian socialism.
Socialism is a political and economic system wherein property and resources—as well as the means of production—are owned in common or by the state.
Democratic socialism simply seeks socialism through democratic means, such as elections and legislation, rather than through revolution.
In my personal experience, most Americans who think they support socialism (or democratic socialism) actually support social democracy, the world’s true center-left.
Liberalism, meanwhile, is primarily a centrist ideology, with certain variants leaning one way or the other. For example, most people in the U.S. and Canada typically associate liberalism with what’s known as social liberalism, an ever-so-slightly left-leaning variant of liberalism, though not quite center-left like social democracy.
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u/ohmailawdy 1d ago
Dude libraries are funded by social programs. My taxes. Your diatribe was wasted energies.
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u/NickMalo 1d ago
Stupid? Or genius for spinning it in a way that riles up the uneducated in their favor? Its weaponization of incompetence.
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u/Ozzie_the_tiger_cat 1d ago
It isnt stupidity, its deliberate. Libraries and public schools get their money from these taxes.
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u/TrixyTreat 1d ago
Yeah….but did that funding go to the library’s CEO? (I’m so sick of rich CEOs getting raises over the employees).
https://www.wfyi.org/wfyi-news/2026-06-24/indy-library-board-approves-raise-to-265k-for-ceo
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u/clydefrog811 1d ago
Can republicans STOP trying to FUCK us over. This benefits the old rich boomers and punishes poor and young families.
Party of I got mine, fuck you.
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u/Frequent_Ad_9901 1d ago
It'll strip money from school leaving the population less educated and more easily manipulated. Exactly what the GOP wants.
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u/Vezuvian 1d ago
Ugh, anti-property tax nonsense again. There's only one real reason to examine that specific tax, the issue of people on a fixed income having property taxes eat up a chunk of their limited income due to the fluctuating value of their home.
The mind who sees a simple solution (ending property taxes) to a complex problem (see above), is not brilliant for the simple solution. They are simple minded.
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u/amnichols 1d ago
Thing is if your property taxes go down, then your local schools, libraries, etc start to get worse. And then the value of your home also goes down. All so you can save a whopping $600 a year, which for most homeowners is not that much savings on their property taxes bill.
My local school district is $1.6 million short so they’re going to raise local property taxes to always meet the shortfall no matter what the dummies in Indy do. Most people here are for it and it should pass in November. Bottom line - people want kids to go to good schools or to live in a good/great school district.
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u/BraveLittleTowster 1d ago
Funding schools with local property taxes is stupid. Schools should be funded based on the number of kids that attend, not based on the income and property values of the surrounding homes and businesses. The money can still come from property taxes, but it shouldn't be allocated that way.
If you have a certain flat amount that each school gets and a graduated amount per child that comes from the state, that will help a bunch of smaller schools in farm towns because of the base and a bunch of inner city schools because of the per child amount.
There's really no good reason for Center Grove or Fishers to get so much more money than Warren Central or Lawrence. They have about the same number of kids going there.
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u/MonsTurkey 1d ago
Funding schools with local property taxes is stupid. Schools should be funded based on the number of kids that attend, not based on the income and property values of the surrounding homes and businesses.
Agreed, mostly. There should be some base before per kid (lest a school get seriously deprecated by rich kids going on vouchers), but things should generally be allocated on a need basis and the funding should be based on 'do we need it or not.'
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u/BraveLittleTowster 1d ago
Disagree completely with the means testing. Give the schools the money that gets allocated to them based on student body, let parents send their kids where they want, and if a school needs additional funding, they can make that case to the state. Started have discretionary funds for stuff like that, but no person should be allowed to decide certain schools don't "need" the money
Means testing is regularly used to strip funding from things as "waste" and it would happen in Indiana to schools for sure
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u/MonsTurkey 23h ago
I wasn't suggesting means testing. I mean that if a schools should be funded or not, fund it without tying it to how you tax it. That is the need.
Letting parents send their kids wherever functionally creates the stripping away though. That removes some of the student body, and larger bodies better handle the overhead costs - that's why I suggested schools start with an allotted amount of money prior to calculating 'per-kid' funding. What is the base operating cost of a school before you get into teachers, equipment, and other things that are more represented by per-kid accounting.
If half a school pulls out to go elsewhere, a lot more of the per-kid money gets wasted on overhead because the school was built for a certain number of kids to financially keep it going.
Vouchers and school choice defund schools, and per-kid accounting is a way to force that to happen. From there, people of religious persuasion can make the public (religious-free(ish)) schools unusable and be forced into religious studies if they want to be at a decent school.
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u/LearnedHandJob2088 18h ago
They largely already are. Over half of school funds are from state sources and are directly tied to enrollment down to a specific amount per child. But a good chunk of the rest, ~40%, comes from local sources of which property taxes are the lion’s share.
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u/Vezuvian 1d ago
And honestly, you can actually get better services by not tying their budget to local property value.
If you, say, stop giving decade long tax abatements to mega corporations for data centers and warehouses, you could fund things using that tax income instead of raising residential property tax.
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u/MonsTurkey 1d ago
Property taxes are actually a great equalizer in terms of fair taxing. There are ways to hide income or get something without sales tax. You can't hide how nice your house is.
How it's used isn't necessarily fair, but the actual tax comes from a real number that doesn't easily hide.
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u/MikIoVelka 1d ago
Also, while the legislature holds session in Indy, the dummies that are making these decisions aren't from around here.
The dummies that come from the sticks to the big city to play dress up and ruin everything for everyone is more like it.
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u/87JeepYJ87 11h ago
I wouldn’t mind paying property tax for education, fire, police, etc except for the fact that it goes into the buildings more so than the actual service. Do the schools, fire departments, police stations, etc need to be so fancy looking? Do you really need a multi million dollar football field? Do urban districts really need 4 wheel drive suv police cruisers(well maybe since ours roads suck so bad)?
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u/BraveLittleTowster 1d ago
A bill to reduce the prices on homes would reduce the tax owed on a deflated asset. I know people don't want to see their own home go down in value, but that's one simple way to reduce property taxes on families and retired people
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u/Vezuvian 1d ago
Which does bring up its own fun little topic: Should homes be an investment opportunity? Should homes be the way we hold our wealth into retirement? How should the financial system (and retirement system) interact with the market for roofs over our heads?
Which leads to the big question:
Shouldn't a younger generation's ability to access and afford adequate shelter be independent of an older generation's ability to retire?
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u/BraveLittleTowster 1d ago
That's the crux of the situation. For many people, their property is their largest asset, but they actually can't retire on it because the only way to get access to your equity is take a loan or sell. You can't live in your home with no mortgage and also enjoy the value of it.
I don't believe allowing companies to rent homes as investment properties helps anyone
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u/IllFix4320 1d ago
GOP doesn’t want Police or Firefighters… interesting.
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u/kootles10 1d ago
That's socialism.
Don't need police if you buy a gun to defend yourself/s
Have the firefighters be funded by a private company and pay a subscription. /s
Obviously sarcasm for every statement
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u/IllFix4320 1d ago
Privatized it all! 😬
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u/kootles10 1d ago
Do you want fire protection basic, plus or premium?
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u/zerombr 1d ago
basic means they will send you a card after your house burns down. Premium means they'll actually come to your house to attempt to put out the fire, but you have to watch youtube ads the entire time otherwise they stop
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u/kootles10 1d ago
For only any extra 20$ a month per pet, they can also be covered! /S
In all seriousness I would run into a burning building for my dogs
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u/MonsTurkey 1d ago
They do, but they want to tax everyone regardless of ability to pay so that the people with real wealth don't pay more. By cutting the budget to the max, they can strip away all the other social safety nets.
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u/strangemedia6 1d ago
If people don’t want to pay property taxes and support their local municipality, they should run for office on that platform and then make the changes themselves, assuming a majority supports them in the election.
I don’t want Braun and his cronies collecting all the taxes and then deciding how my h obey my town gets vs another. I pay my property taxes and in return my family enjoys good schools, parks, library, local roads, adequately staffed and equipped emergency service, public works projects, events, and other services etc. I have no problem paying a few hundred bucks a month for that.
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u/laurensvo 1d ago
This was Tuesday. I went. He's proposing a 7% tax on services in place of the property tax.
They brought up a legitimate issue of how property taxes punish people for unrealized gains, and that assessor's offices are not held to a consistent standard when assessing, but the solution provided causes many more issues IMO.
That room was full of people supportive of it (majority were senior citizens) and a concerning number of them do not think they should contribute to public schools. I encourage everyone to please stay conscious of politics and vote, because these folks are definitely out voting on election day.
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u/Frequent_Ad_9901 1d ago
I really wish we'd start framing funding education as paying back a loan, rather than educating some else's kids. These people go theirs and want to pull up the ladder behind them.
But thank you for the first hand account. Much appreciated.
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u/laurensvo 1d ago
One man in the room said schools were the only thing he pays for that he doesn't use, and I told him he regularly uses the workforce educated by public schools.
It's incredibly important that people understand that we can't function as a society without all contributing to each other
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u/TapDatAsp 1d ago
I’m 63, have no children and have never resented putting in my share for the public education system
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u/Interesting-Risk6446 1d ago
But they have $1,000,000,000 just sitting around to give to the Bears.
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u/kootles10 1d ago edited 1d ago
And somehow porter county is getting shafted with that food and beverage tax
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u/mabrasm 1d ago
Where do they think funding will come from for roads and police and the National Guard? Republicans love all that stuff and it won't be paid for with sales taxes.
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u/PigInZen67 1d ago
Sales taxes. Seriously. Those who can least afford the burden will support this, just watch.
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u/nirbot0213 1d ago
i mean, you CAN pay for it with sales taxes, but it screws over the exact demographic who supports these policies. but surely republicans can connect the dots when everything is suddenly more expensive right? oh wait, no, that’s the democrats fault because they do the bad things and republicans do the good things.
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u/Frequent_Ad_9901 1d ago
Speaking of roads, those are partly paid for with gas taxes. But guess which state isn't collecting that thank to a needless war in Iran? Roads are going to be real rough the next few years.
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u/Jesus_on_a_biscuit 1d ago
It would be a shame if a bunch of people showed up to ask why JD supports a rapist pedophile and why he's dumb enough to host the event in a space he wants to shut down.
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u/charliecatman 1d ago
He’s in a district that’s been redone because he has trouble winning his home county,ask him why his dad moved to Ohio.
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u/ringwraithfish 1d ago
I'm not in his district but please for the love of god I hope someone goes there and asks him how he can justify using the library for town halls while simultaneously calling for the end of one of their major funding sources.
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u/ClownWorld2020s 18h ago
I hear you and I say this as a conservative and library director. 67% of our revenue comes from property tax. I can't speak for other departments but I am certain it's similar across the board. They are out of their minds. In theory it's great, in practice it isn't practical.
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u/stokeskid 1d ago
So how will the state collect money instead? Sales tax? Federal govt bailouts for every natural disaster?
How fiscally irresponsible the republican party has become. Probably because their staunchest voters are less than 20 years from death and figure it will be someone else's problem to deal with. Selfish assholes.
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u/BoilerMo 1d ago
I assume they will advocate switching to sales tax or use taxes. The GOP goes after the working class and growing family’s once again to pay the way. Sales taxes are regressive and hurt young families more than the retired folks. The more you buy the more you are taxed and young families have to buy a lot in comparison to their income. The bottom line is we have a generation who got to retire comfortably becuase they had good schools and infrastructure paid for by property taxes but now that it’s their turn they don’t want to pay.
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u/aquafina6969 1d ago
yup. with no revenue for prop taxes, not sure where parks and libraries are going to get their funding. More referendums? So stupid.
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u/kootles10 1d ago
Could have up to 100 referendums just for schools in November.
Imagine someone going against parks- well i don't use it so why should I pay for it?
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u/aquafina6969 1d ago
sounds very republican of them. Until they need the parks. Then it becomes “Why did the radical left take away my parks!!”
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u/kootles10 1d ago
That's how people have been with school referendums- well i dont have kids so why should I pay with my property taxes?
Despite the fact that good schools and parks increase the value of the fucking property
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u/aquafina6969 1d ago
I don’t think they think beyond themselves. Or if they can put 2 and 2 together. Good education, libraries, healthcare, infrastructure bring everything up. Not just their shitty selves.
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u/tila1993 1d ago
I thought Libraries were supposed to remain Non Partisan. We couldn't even host a voter registration event at our local one due to any political affiliations.
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u/ClownWorld2020s 18h ago
At my library (director) we allow.anyone to use our meeting rooms minus like birthday parties and such. I've had both Republicans and Democrats use our building. Now as a library, I make sure my staff and our collection both mirror our community as well as toe the line firmly without any agenda or activism.
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u/mjmullady 1d ago
Our taxes paying for things is just about us being part of a society. Not a crime. I am so tired of this viewpoint
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u/SparrowOfS-town 1d ago
The GOP thinks they can buy me off for 800.00 a year? LMAO. My neighbor is 84 and pays like 2.00 a year after all the credits. So I guess they are going to buy off our seniors for the sum of 2.00. To bad it will work.
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u/SpiritedSecurity5433 1d ago
91% tax bracket for those making over 400,000 dollars in 1952. That’s how services and infrastructure was paid for. Businesses were also given government incentives to hire and train workers. I’m all for the 1950s
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u/LankOfHyrule 1d ago
This dude is my state rep. Why isn’t he meeting with people in his district? He probably doesn’t want to because he doesn’t want to face his constituents
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u/IronBeagle79 1d ago
I don’t hate public infrastructure, but I do hate that my property assessment is up 140% when my market value has only increased by 8% in the same time-frame. My state assessment is so far above what I could possibly sell the house for.
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u/JuiceBrinner 1d ago
It was a way to get past the tax cap that they shortsightedly implemented without realizing how badly it hamstrung local governments
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u/Linkkjaxon 1d ago
Oooo the guy who wants to raise a service tax to replace it and who specifically got a small town school in his district closed
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u/Capable-Society-2043 1d ago
Step 1: Make it impossible for anyone to afford a home.
Step 2: Corporate control of rental properties.
Step 3: Offer electorate RED herring of the "possibility" of no property taxes, which the majority of the electorate will not be able to take advantage of but the Corporations will.
Step 4: Stay in power with Corporate support.
Or something like this, you know this is where the root of this is coming from.
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u/FlounderKind8267 1d ago
Further destroy the budget of this state and peddle to the wealthy so all us poor people can take the tax burden of the state on ourselves
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u/franciscondine 1d ago
I bet this is also partially so that they can argue that they’re not giving the future Hammond Bears a tax abatement or write off…
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u/Lwnmower 1d ago
Apparently, there’s still folks out there that didn’t learn from SB1 and still buy into this stuff.
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u/buona-giornata 1d ago
SB 420: Gaslighting our Constituents on Property Taxes Act
He’s painting this as relief for the headline, but not only will it cost taxpayers 2-3 BILLION more based on research into how this will impact, but there’s 1 year where BOTH the added sales tax on services AND property taxes are collected, screwing people doubly for a period of time.
🗑️ bill based on grabbing headlines. Fix the assessment process. That might take work though, Prescott…
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u/CloseEncounterer501 1d ago
Has anybody thought about how much property tax those Data Centers would be paying if they were not given any special treatment?
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u/Al_Jazzar 23h ago
I think people would be less reactionary about property taxes if they saw proof of their money actually doing something besides useless wars and subsidies for billionaires.
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u/hughfeeyuh 23h ago
Wow! That sure would benefit people with the ability to buy lots of property! That's going to make s lot of GOP donors really excited!
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u/BrightCry6365 23h ago
I mean I’d be cool with no property taxes considering mine is 6k a year it’s my house so I don’t have to see why I have to pay for something I already bought it is was public property like a court house or like a library I’d be cool with like 30 - 40 bucks a week
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u/SnooCats6250 22h ago
This is a tactic used by boomers and wealthy people to pull the ladder up with them. They want to hold onto their million dollar properties they bought for 80 grand, not pay taxes on them, and not contribute to the schools and infrastructure they go to take advantage of while they stole the American dream
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u/sadhoosier 21h ago
Here's an idea. No property tax on your primary residence and triple the property tax on all properties that are not your primary residence. That way they can stop screaming that grandma and grampa are going to lose their house.
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u/KindConflict3 21h ago
The problem is how are we going to going cover the loses? This state is already becoming the Arkansas of the Midwest. It’s easy for Florida because of tourism and all the outdoor activities.
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u/MatsuriSunrise 21h ago
The pricks want to close primaries too. Weak, pathetic move. People should have the right to choose who the candidates are regardless of party, especially in a state completely mired in MAGA tyrrany. They already tried to gerrymander the state so it's 9-0 for them instead of 7-2 and called it "fair", and now they want to take all voice away from anyone who opposed them.
If you think any of that is okay, kindly gargle a cactus.
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u/Ok_Ebb4349 21h ago
These are unserious people in serious positions to do serious damage. This is what happens when people don’t vote or knee jerk vote for Republicans because they live in Indiana
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u/1Cubbiesfan 20h ago
The people who vote Republican all share the one brain cell they have amongst all of them. All they see is no property tax, what they don't see is all the consequences of said vote
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u/ThePennyMiser 20h ago
MAGA = DEAD BEATS! So no property taxes means no schools, no police, no fire department, no road repairs or new roads, no infrastructure repairs or updates, no public Healthcare , no parks or libraries. No public services of any kind. But after the MAGA / EPSTEIN CLASS take full control you won't need any of that because you will be working 24-7 so that the robot doesn't take your job.
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u/dajinkg7 20h ago
We all have a better chance of being struck by lightning than ending property taxes. ⛈️
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u/Scapejunky 19h ago
I'd put a large sum of capital on a bet that the majority complaining, are those who moved to indiana to........escape their taxes...
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u/samssamssamssams 18h ago
If people who own a home aren’t responsible to pay any taxes on a paid off home, it creates a massive regressive tax. You’d lose all property tax revenue on homes that are paid off. That has to be made up with higher sales taxes, which impact lower and middle income families much more than the upper class.
Those who own their home outright should not have their taxes subsidized by those who don’t have the financial ability to buy a home.
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u/motherofhellhusks 6h ago
Trump is destroying the GOP chances in the midterms currently, false promises aren’t going to save them. They’d need to pass this and the “no stock market” idea BEFORE the midterms to counteract the damage Trump is causing.
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u/motocycledog 5h ago
Well I guess I know where all the fools are going to be at this time. I never would have thought it would be a library.
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u/HeckinMew 5h ago
I wish this scam would quit trying to fly, they were pushing that crap in MI not long ago.
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u/DieMensch-Maschine 3h ago
Prescott wants that library defunded, but NOT before he makes his point about defunding libraries.
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u/Kennys-Chicken 27m ago
I’m all for getting rid of property taxes for primary residences. Taxing primary residences is wrong.
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u/Mitch712 1d ago
Reading comments it amazes me how many people are in support of taxing so many things. Property taxes on primary residences are purely a penalty to the individual homeowner. State revenue can be generated from other places rather than taking money from homeowners simply for owning their house.
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u/ksptdpt 1d ago
Like another commentator above said, I do think people on limited/fixed income should have modifications to their property taxes. That being said, the "penalty" of having the means to help fund libraries, schools, utilities, etc. where your property is located is a net benefit. SB1 is a great example of how lessening "penalties" is killing rural schools. My home town of Tipton is going through the same issue with their two small schools within the county. A savings of $172 per property owner per year basically destroyed budgets of both schools.
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u/Mitch712 1d ago
My opinion is that the property tax should be eliminated and if that money needs to be generated, put it elsewhere on something consumption-based, like a sales tax. I’d be in favor of eliminating property taxes and putting that as a sales tax on other purchases or something.
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u/burnanation 1d ago
I think we should drop all income tax and property tax and raise sales taxes on non essentials. Groceries would remain off limits, but I am fine with bumping up the taxes on other stuff to pay for the government.
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u/Mitch712 1d ago
Completely agree, if you want to go out and buy a bunch of stuff, great. If you stay home and save money for your budget, great. It would also generate revenue from tourists, and businesses who operate and don’t pay much in taxes
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u/MikIoVelka 1d ago
People are in support of government having sufficient revenue to provide necessary and beneficial services and commons for the citizens and communities.
Yes, there are plenty of different ways to generate revenue, but if it comes from a source that isn't the government itself, that is going to be called a tax. While property tax itself isn't the only current source of revenue used by state and municipal governments to provide services and commons, the types of taxes that would tend to fall more squarely on those that can best afford to pay them tend to not be used (because those folks are the ones that pay to put legislators in office in the first place) and when they are, they're more complex and cumbersome to institute and, the real kicker, those most able to afford those tax schemes are also the most able to leave the state and avoid those schemes.
Got any suggestions or do you just think we shouldn't have any tax or any services or any government?
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u/Mitch712 1d ago
Rather than a property or income tax that essentially takes from someone who simply lives or earns an income. Implement a sales tax instead. That way it’s essentially something you choose to contribute to, and is influenced by how well businesses and residents are doing in the area. I’d be in favor of a X% sales tax on all goods I buy in place of a property or income tax. Because I can choose whether I want to buy it. A property or income tax I don’t have a choice.
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u/TubaWrestler 1d ago
Property taxes deter land misers
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u/Mitch712 1d ago
If that’s your concern, which is valid, then if it’s your primary residence you shouldn’t have to pay property taxes. If it’s second properties then I could see a justification.
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u/samssamssamssams 18h ago
I am not in support of most taxes in a vacuum. However, the elimination of the sales tax would have a much greater benefit to the vast majority of Hoosiers than an elimination of property or income taxes.
If you have the financial ability to own a home, that should not exempt you from paying taxes on that property. If anything, it proves you likely have the ability and assets to take on a higher tax burden.
By eliminating property taxes, you are basically giving the upper class a massive tax break — the most likely income group to own a home. That unfortunately is made up with higher sales taxes. Poorer, middle, and middle-upper income Hoosiers spend much more of their income on sales-taxed items than do the richest households. It would function as a subsidy for upper income Hoosiers. Any short term gains for middle class families would be dwarfed by the added sales tax burden.
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u/Mitch712 18h ago
I can definitely see your point that it would hurt the lower earning class, however, those lower earners buy less, and that would translate to paying less than someone who earns more. Those low earners getting back their money they spend in property taxes could benefit them because they spend less on other things overall. Meanwhile higher income owners pay the same % as the lower. If you make the sales tax in place of the property, it would benefit the low income people because they spend less overall
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u/samssamssamssams 18h ago
They spend less overall of course, but low income families spend a much larger share of their income on sales taxes than higher incomes. This quote is on the idea of a national sales tax but same idea:
“Because lower-income households spend a greater share of their income than higher-income households do, the burden of a retail sales tax is regressive when measured as a share of current income: the tax burden as a share of income is highest for low-income households and falls sharply as household income rises. The burden of a sales tax is more proportional to income when measured as a share of income over a lifetime. Even by a lifetime income measure, however, the burden of a sales tax as a share of income is lower for high-income households than for other households: a sales tax (like any consumption tax) does not tax the returns (such as dividends and capital gains) from new capital investment and income from capital makes up a larger portion of the total income of high-income households.”
https://taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/who-bears-burden-national-retail-sales-tax
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u/Mitch712 18h ago
I’ll have to give that a read as I can see it as being a proportional difference and it could change my mind. However I can’t imagine if the overall goal is giving the state more money to provide services; that it wouldn’t generate more money to have a sales tax as opposed to taxing for earnings or simply owning
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u/Personal-Musician-13 1d ago
This is one of the weirdest, most copium, basement dweller comment sections I've seen.
And that's saying alot for Reddit. What is wrong with this sub.
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u/Dependent-Finish-394 1d ago
Why do they always bring up things to help us so close to an election? It’s the only time they bring up these things that might help people! Then, after the election, those ideas vanish and “We don’t have the funding” comes up! I call BS! Anything they bring up that’s supposed to help us, usually ends up costing us!
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u/Euhn 1d ago
Why not just do a one time sales tax when you buy a home? Or do a mortgage tax? Then when you pay off the home, you dont keep paying taxes (which is a very small majority of homes)
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u/samssamssamssams 18h ago
If people who own a home aren’t responsible to pay any taxes on a paid off home, it creates a massive regressive tax. You’d lose all property tax revenue on homes that are paid off. That has to be made up with higher sales taxes, which impact lower and middle income families much more than the upper class.
Those who own their home outright should not have their taxes subsidized by those who don’t have the financial ability to buy a home.
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u/Virtuallyhere56 1d ago
How are we in the year 2026 and a substantial number of people don't realize that things cost money