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Senate Passes Short-Term Deal To Reopen Government, With Trump's Endorsement
President Trump has endorsed a bipartisan deal that would end the 35-day partial government shutdown. The three-week stopgap funding measure would reopen shuttered agencies while negotiations continue.
Trump announces deal to lift shutdown
President Donald Trump has endorsed a deal to reopen the US government for three weeks, after a record-breaking shutdown of federal agencies.
But the pact does not include any money that Mr Trump has demanded for a US-Mexico border wall.
See also: Dem senator unveils 'Stop STUPIDITY Act' to prevent all shutdowns
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(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Saturday January 26 2019, @06:53AM (6 children)
Schools, no, I don't need those in my neighborhood, though adults who do procreate do.
There are other tax-based ways to fund schools, firefighters, police, etc. that could be more closely aligned with the person's funds, though. I'd be all for property taxes if they took personal circumstances into account the same way that income taxes supposedly do, and didn't let renters completely off the hook regardless of their financial circumstances. (If Richie Rich rents a fancy condo it means he won't have to pay property tax, while Granny Poor has to pay it because she lives in an old house close enough for her kids to visit & help her out every few days so she doesn't get stuck in a shitty far-away retirement home.)
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Saturday January 26 2019, @12:59PM
Just to be clear, you do realize that LANDLORDS (and other property owners) pay property tax, right?
And most landlords take that into account when deciding what to charge for rent. In many locations, landlords even pay significantly higher taxes for a rental than for a property they live in. Given that they pass along that cost to renters, renters are often paying a lot more property taxes effectively than owners of their own houses.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Whoever on Saturday January 26 2019, @04:54PM (2 children)
Ah, so you are an incel.
You didn't attend public school, funded by other house owners when you were young?
You don't care about the value of your house? No schools == people move away, so your house becomes worthless.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 26 2019, @06:56PM
You've never been treated by a doctor who went to public school
You've never driven a car engineered by a public school alumnus
Your computer was completely designed by self-taught hardware gurus
Etc. etc.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 28 2019, @06:29PM
you're an idiotic slave. you willingly send your kids off to be brainwashed by the state just like you obviously are. what a derelict fuck.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Saturday January 26 2019, @04:57PM
But they do. It's more like a wealth tax than an income tax. The more your house is worth, the more taxes you pay.
Move to a cheaper neighborhood if you want your taxes to drop.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 26 2019, @11:11PM
"Schools, no, I don't need those in my neighborhood, though adults who do procreate do."
Actually, yes you do, unless you like living in a shit hole of a ghetto.