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Introduced in the Senate on November 29, 2007, Providing a 50% property tax deferral for households with income of $57,000 or less

The vote was 27 in favor, 21 opposed and 1 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 0 at Senate Journal 0)

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Recently our legislature passed a bill Providing a 50% property tax deferral for households with income of $57,000 or less . It appears to me this is just one more band aid to a flawed overall tax structure in this state . The same democratically controlled legislature passed legislation for domestic partnerships in the name of equity . Now with this band aid to help out over taxed middle class home owners , many of those who have just gained the right to be domestic partners , will have to choose between a civil contract which would put them over the amount allowed for tax relief , or to be treated equally under the law in other civil matters . Government policies directed at gaining votes to certain groups almost never solve the over all problem , in this case a regressive tax that hurts those of us who see their homes as a place to come home to , be with our families after a days work . When will Olympia become concerned with all of us , instead of just some of us . Mick Sheldon

I'm tired of small special interest groups complaining laws don't fit their needs. When this could benifit a much larger group. This is a financial benifit, I'm sure, and not intended to be a social benifit.

The only beneficiary of this legislation is government. The property taxes are DEFERRED, and if the household can't afford the taxes now, how in the world will they be able to pay them in the future? The state has become a financial lending institution, and just like the bank, you will pay them back with interest if you do this--Or lose your property. Paying taxes by credit encourages lack of fiscal responsibility and promotes higher taxes since people "aren't paying them."

Once again, a Democrat introduces a bill designed to put more money in State coffers while pretending it is designed to help people with property taxes. This bill puts a lien on the property and when the property is sold or the property owner(s) die, the state is first in line to be refunded the amount of tax deferred - with interest. The interest rate today is 7%-bad enough but that will certainly increase each year. The bottom line is the property owner may benefit some while alive but the State benefits even more when the property is sold. This bill is just another avenue to confiscate people's wealth which is the bottom line for Democrats.

Mick: With a Democrat majority in the legislature you can bet the only people in this state they care about are: 1. Sodomites 2. Radical Feminists 3. Radical Environmentalists 4. Union members The rest of us are invisible and will always be invisible.

If a deferral, until my SS kicks in 4 years from now, and I CAN PAY IT BACK with the tax and interest...Ok in my book. Single anyway, die at the credit limit and STUFF'em...I got it figured...(by the way, PROTEST any new Prop tax bills..based now on inflated "bubble" housing prices, which are dropping like an anchor off yer boat..)...fight back..HARD!