The words “Housing Crisis” have achieved epidemic status next to “overdose deaths,” “Bird Flu,” and if you are one for reminiscing, everything about the COVID thing. It is a topic with a polarizing quality whose solutions I have inferred might not be so good for New Hampshire.
A less frequently cited problem in housing “issues” is property taxes. Mine have more than doubled since I moved to where I live (I have been here almost 25 years), and the “services are not twice as good or even better. The tax exceeds my actual principal and interest payments and has for years. By the time I pay off the house, my total bill for taxes will have likely doubled again. Most of that will pay for unnecessary administrative overhead at pricey daycare centers doing business as public schools when you could probably learn more at an actual daycare at a fraction of the cost.
If you want to lower property taxes get rid of the school administrative units (we have SAU’s in NH) and have principles report to the local School board. If they need an additional secretary, add them, but ditching SAUs would likely shave millions off operating costs, after which you could address the question of what these daycare centers ought to be doing and why they do so much.
I’m listing a bit, so let me get back on track.
If you’d like to shake the foundations of how New Hampshire pays for things, you should read this article reposted at ZeroHedge. The Headline is “Why Property Tax Is Illegal.” Here are a few snippets for your consideration. […]
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