What Can You Do?

A Call to Do Something

January 21, 2010

John Gorra, Scott County Republicans Finance Driector

You want to reduce high Taxes.  Remember your home’s real estate tax bill and think about the school assessment, the city and the county.   Renters are involved also as ~15% of the rent goes to paying the realty tax..¹   The tax is up over the last few years and the government spent it.  The realty tax is obvious, think about all the other tax increases that you pay: 

• sales (6.5% up to 6.85% last year) ²,  
• fees (up 19% from 2003)³, 
• gas tax (20 cents to 28 cents per gallon by a veto override)⁴,
• estate (at 40-50% as we just one of five states not to follow the Federal example),
• Medical Tax of 2% paid by practitioners not itemized in your bill, I’ll bet you did not know that one
• Lodging tax, Car rental Fees, Airport tax, Surcharges, Wheelage Tax, Met council SAC charges (5% increase)⁵, etc.. 

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