Americans Spent More on Taxes in 2021 Than on Food, Clothing and Health Care Combined: (CNSNews.com) - According to newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans...

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

(CNSNews.com) - According to newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans in 2021 once again spent more on average on taxes than they did on food, clothing and health care combined.
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/terence-p-jeffrey/americans-spent-more-taxes-2021-food-clothing-and-health-care
--Bob

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I believe that. And, I just got my property tax re-assessments. Guess what? Up again. Some years ago, our state capped property tax rates, and folks thought that was wonderful. What they forgot was all county officials had do do was raise assessments, so they have done, almost yearly.

Larryshuman

jaymatt wrote:

I believe that. And, I just got my property tax re-assessments. Guess what? Up again. Some years ago, our state capped property tax rates, and folks thought that was wonderful. What they forgot was all county officials had do do was raise assessments, so they did, almost yearly.

Where I live we can challenge assessment and I've been doing that since I retired in 2010, Right now my assessment is 39,000 and my 6 month cost is a little under $250.00. Go to your property tax people and challenge your assessment. Also have with you everything you need to support your position. I used a diseased tree in the back yard and some masonry work on the front porch as part of my argument. In the past I've used the bad real estate that we saw in 2009.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Larryshuman wrote:

Where I live we can challenge assessment and I've been doing that since I retired in 2010, Right now my assessment is 39,000 and my 6 month cost is a little under $250.00. Go to your property tax people and challenge your assessment. Also have with you everything you need to support your position. I used a diseased tree in the back yard and some masonry work on the front porch as part of my argument. In the past I've used the bad real estate that we saw in 2009.

I do that constantly, to no avail. The county need its money, so they take it.

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

rmalarz wrote:

(CNSNews.com) - According to newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans in 2021 once again spent more on average on taxes than they did on food, clothing and health care combined.
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/terence-p-jeffrey/americans-spent-more-taxes-2021-food-clothing-and-health-care
--Bob

Sounds good -- looked at the link and the data looks appropriate.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

And yet we never get the government we pay for.

FreddB Loc: PA - Delaware County

UTMike wrote:

And yet we never get the government we pay for.

No, we get the government we voted for. 🤦🏻‍♂️

FreddB Loc: PA - Delaware County

jaymatt wrote:

I believe that. And, I just got my property tax re-assessments. Guess what? Up again. Some years ago, our state capped property tax rates, and folks thought that was wonderful. What they forgot was all county officials had do do was raise assessments, so they have done, almost yearly.

There sure as hell won’t be any downward reassessments in the near future with the stupid prices people have been paying over the past year or more.

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

Don't get me wrong -- This could actually be factual -- But on the other hand????

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Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

ken_stern wrote:

Don't get me wrong -- This could actually be factu... (show quote)

Yep, taking a second look at the article I'm very suspicious of that healthcare cost figure. It's way way way too low. I know they referenced the Bureau of Labor Stats for the data but the data then is not appropriately reflective of reality. Hopefully there's an explanation at BLS somewhere but it needs to be factored in.

anotherview Loc: California

By their taxes, Americans have to pay for the Biden proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. Biden could've led the way for a broad coalition of world leadership to reach at least a cease-fire in the war. But no, he upped the conflict from a dispute over Ukraine joining NATO and threatening Russian security to a Western concern, with no end in sight. The mayhem of war continues, at great cost of lives and treasure.

The war powers act may apply here, allowing the Congress to regulate this matter with some sober sense guiding it. Otherwise, the prospect of the war traveling down a slippery slope may face the West.

rmalarz wrote:

(CNSNews.com) - According to newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans in 2021 once again spent more on average on taxes than they did on food, clothing and health care combined.
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/terence-p-jeffrey/americans-spent-more-taxes-2021-food-clothing-and-health-care
--Bob

junglejim1949 Loc: Sacramento,CA

rmalarz wrote:

(CNSNews.com) - According to newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans in 2021 once again spent more on average on taxes than they did on food, clothing and health care combined.
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/terence-p-jeffrey/americans-spent-more-taxes-2021-food-clothing-and-health-care
--Bob

Prices and taxes are out of control!!!!!!!!!!

Larryshuman

junglejim1949 wrote:

Prices and taxes are out of control!!!!!!!!!!

Prices are too high because of greed and taxes are too high because too many people do not pay them. (renters)

cbabcock

Interesting responses here. Taxes are too high because renters don't pay them? Renters pay rent to landlords who use the rent to pay taxes, mortgages, upkeep, and build landlords' equity. What renters don't get is a tax deduction from their income tax for the property tax they pay through landlords.
Shouldn't be supporting Ukraine? Just ignore Putin's push to restore the USSR and the Russian Empire? Let him threaten all of Europe? Where to draw the line....
Don't get what we pay for? How about roads and bridges, defense, education....

photomax

cbabcock wrote:

Interesting responses here. Taxes are too high bec... (show quote)

Don't forget we will be adding another 86,000 IRS agents.