Speaker Straus:
Are you for or against capping the Over 65 Homestead exemption? It's my understanding that we cap property taxes for those 65+ because they're likely retired and less able to keep up with rising property taxes. We don't want them forced to sell because of the taxes. I would think there is broad support for this idea. But I would suggest this principle no longer applies when we're looking at highly appraised HS properties. Do we need to give a tax break on houses worth $1 million? $2 million? I don't know how much revenue would be recaptured if the Over 65 HS exemption were capped, but perhaps you could ask the Comptroller's office to figure that out. Please let me know whether you support capping the Over 65 Homestead exemption, and if so, how you would cap it. Thank you in advance for your candid response.
Sincerely,
luridtransom
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What year did the Liberals ruin America? Thanks for your feedback!
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Media Inquiry: Government Spending.
Dear [Lamar Smith's press staffer],
As you may recall, I have a blog called luridtransom. I have a couple of simple questions for Congressman Smith. (See the message below.) I hope the Congressman will be able to answer them. Thank you for your help!
Regards,
Dear Congressman Smith,
Yesterday I recevied your glossy, color tri-fold mailer. I've attached some photos for your reference.
On the cover of this mailer, you tell your constituents that the "future of our country depends on our ability to stop spending money we don't have."
The mailer discusses your committee assignments and provides the address for your website. On your website, you have this to say about the budget: "In the past four years, the gross national debt ballooned from $8.67 trillion to $15.2 trillion. Debt of this level will stifle our economic growth. The solution for reviving our economy is straightforward: cut job-destroying government spending to allow employers to create jobs." (Emphasis added).
The address page of the mailer notes it was "prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense."
I have two questions:
(1) What was the total expense to taxpayers to prepare, publish and mail this mailer?
(2) Do you think sending out this mailer is an example of job-destroying government spending of money we don't have? Or do you think the cost is totally worth it for the taxpayer?
Thank you in advance for your candid, substantive answers.
Sincerely,
As you may recall, I have a blog called luridtransom. I have a couple of simple questions for Congressman Smith. (See the message below.) I hope the Congressman will be able to answer them. Thank you for your help!
Regards,
luridtransom
Dear Congressman Smith,
Yesterday I recevied your glossy, color tri-fold mailer. I've attached some photos for your reference.
On the cover of this mailer, you tell your constituents that the "future of our country depends on our ability to stop spending money we don't have."
The mailer discusses your committee assignments and provides the address for your website. On your website, you have this to say about the budget: "In the past four years, the gross national debt ballooned from $8.67 trillion to $15.2 trillion. Debt of this level will stifle our economic growth. The solution for reviving our economy is straightforward: cut job-destroying government spending to allow employers to create jobs." (Emphasis added).
The address page of the mailer notes it was "prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense."
I have two questions:
(1) What was the total expense to taxpayers to prepare, publish and mail this mailer?
(2) Do you think sending out this mailer is an example of job-destroying government spending of money we don't have? Or do you think the cost is totally worth it for the taxpayer?
Thank you in advance for your candid, substantive answers.
Sincerely,
luridtransom
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