[Winona] Property Taxes Over Last Four Years: Star Tribune Article

[Kelly Herold]

Byron,

Fair enough ­ the super rich may not create many jobs but do create some.
However in the U.S. small businesses create around 80% of all jobs.  And yet
these small business owner get few of the break large corporations do.

Kelly


On 10/18/06 6:28 PM, "Bothuns" <bcbothun at hbci.com> wrote:

> ³Some would argue that the super rich create jobs and I agree.²
>  
> Not me.  Consumers create jobs, plain and simple. The owners of places like
> Wal Mart didn¹t become ³Super Rich² by creating jobs.  They did it by
> eliminating jobs, or paying lower wages for them.  Corporations love to hold
> our jobs hostage for a ransom of tax loopholes, but they need access to our
> buying power more than we need the benefits of their ³business acumen².
>  
> How many jobs do you think would get shipped overseas if those companies had
> to keep the resulting products over there with them? The super rich need us.
> We¹d be just fine without them.
>  
> Bryon Bothun
>  
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> From: winona-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:winona-bounces at mnforum.org] On Behalf
> Of Kelly Herold
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:53 AM
> To: LindaF; E Democracy
> Subject: Re: [Winona] Property Taxes Over Last Four Years: Star Tribune
> Article
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> Cost of living and inflation eat up many of our taxes ­ but to be honest the
> tax breaks given to the top 1% of our citizenship is the price we all pay.
> 
> In Minnesota alone around 25,000 folks making 300,000 or more have realized an
> overall tax decrease while those in the shrinking middle class have seen a tax
> increase.  
> 
> The fee based initiatives also shift much of the tax burden to the middle
> class.  
> 
> When CEO are retiring with 100+ million packages and other compensation
> sweatheart deals the middle class continues to work itself to death.
> 
> Some would argue that the super rich create jobs and I agree.  But the overall
> job creation, are over the past decade, undeniably moving towards less paying,
> low benefit service jobs.  The productivity realize by industry can be
> attributed to mainly two things ­ increased hours of current workers and
> shipping jobs overseas.
> 
> 
> As a result ­ the shared cost of sky rocketing health care, inflated housing,
> and unfair tax burden continues to
> erode the back bone of America, Minnesota and small communities like Winona.
> 
> Kelly
> 
> On 10/18/06 6:47 AM, "LindaF" <lbfort at ridge-runner.com> wrote:
> [Winona Online Democracy]
> 
> 
> While I don't doubt your numbers are correct I don't think you are comparing
> apples to apples.
> My daughter and son in law live in Onalaska.  I am going to look at her tax
> statement the next time I am at her house.   I believe they are paying higher
> taxes in Wisconsin because more is taken out of that fund for various projects
> than in Minnesota.
>  
> Linda Fort
> 
> 
> [Winona Online Democracy]
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> While I know that residential property taxes have gone up, especially  last
> year with the school referendum, please keep in mind that homestead  property
> taxes in Minnesota are less than half on a comparably valued home in
> LaCrosse. I checked the LaCrosse County web site this morning and a house
> valued at $183,000 had taxes of $4,700. A house in Winona at that value
> carried a 2006 property tax of just less than $2,000.
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> My  point--While the increases sure seem to be a bad trend, it could always be
> worse.
> 
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>  
> Stephen Hacken
> 
> Winona County Assessor
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