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They've got issues that even a just and functional govt. would have trouble with. Add in the corruption and cronyism hurdles and it's an impossible task. If bankruptcy only meant selling off the politicians as well, they might benefit. But who would buy them?

This is what happens without conservatives. Detroit = Haiti.

What makes a city/region conservative or liberal? I think you are just confusing democrat with liberal and republican with conservative.

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

(02-23-2013 04:43 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  What makes a city/region conservative or liberal? I think you are just confusing democrat with liberal and republican with conservative.

Unlike you imbizzle, I'm not confused. You however can't come up w/ a response to how bad Detroit is after decades of liberalism, thus you deflect. Or try to, unfortunately your efforts are wasted b/c most of us are so much smarter than you.

Hey, I'll bet Ed Asner would just love to live in Detroit.

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

Did you even read the article?

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

Cry, laugh, don't know which to do over such idiotic warped insanity.

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

Um, no, that isn't how it would work. The decision to pay one's property taxes are made at the individual level. People don't get together and make pacts about paying their taxes. One household deciding to pay their taxes won't make any difference in the quality of services provided. They certainly wouldn't see services representative of having to pay 10x their house value. Most of the money would go towards paying debt first, not immediately being applied to city services. Your point that it's people who aren't paying doing the complaining is moot. The ones who are paying taxes are getting the same lousy return on their tax money, so where is the incentive to pay? If you look at the situation from their perspective, where you have two options to 1) pay exorbitant property taxes and receive lousy services, or 2) not pay property taxes and receive lousy service, and you'd still choose to pay, then you're the retarded one (but we already knew that).

San Fran is liberal paradise...

(02-23-2013 10:59 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

Um, no, that isn't how it would work. The decision to pay one's property taxes are made at the individual level. People don't get together and make pacts about paying their taxes. One household deciding to pay their taxes won't make any difference in the quality of services provided. They certainly wouldn't see services representative of having to pay 10x their house value. Most of the money would go towards paying debt first, not immediately being applied to city services. Your point that it's people who aren't paying doing the complaining is moot. The ones who are paying taxes are getting the same lousy return on their tax money, so where is the incentive to pay? If you look at the situation from their perspective, where you have two options to 1) pay exorbitant property taxes and receive lousy services, or 2) not pay property taxes and receive lousy service, and you'd still choose to pay, then you're the retarded one (but we already knew that).

I guess you're right. No one should pay their taxes, whether it be for their city, state, or country. That will fix EVERYYYTHING! Now that you say that, I'm going to stop paying my income tax, sales tax, and all other taxes since the country is in so much debt and my money won't help them at all.

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.
The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

If the City uses imaginary assessments in calculating the tax why shouldn't they get imaginary payments in return?

And how many of the residents can actually afford to pay taxes on a property worth 10 times what they actually own? If they could, don't you think they might not live in Detroit any more?

(02-23-2013 11:50 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 10:59 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

Um, no, that isn't how it would work. The decision to pay one's property taxes are made at the individual level. People don't get together and make pacts about paying their taxes. One household deciding to pay their taxes won't make any difference in the quality of services provided. They certainly wouldn't see services representative of having to pay 10x their house value. Most of the money would go towards paying debt first, not immediately being applied to city services. Your point that it's people who aren't paying doing the complaining is moot. The ones who are paying taxes are getting the same lousy return on their tax money, so where is the incentive to pay? If you look at the situation from their perspective, where you have two options to 1) pay exorbitant property taxes and receive lousy services, or 2) not pay property taxes and receive lousy service, and you'd still choose to pay, then you're the retarded one (but we already knew that).

I guess you're right. No one should pay their taxes, whether it be for their city, state, or country. That will fix EVERYYYTHING! Now that you say that, I'm going to stop paying my income tax, sales tax, and all other taxes since the country is in so much debt and my money won't help them at all.

Typical juvenile response from you. Not paying your income taxes will get you thrown in prison pretty quickly, and you pay sales taxes at the point of sale. I wouldn't expect you to pick up on the difference in scenarios though. These residents have obviously discovered that they won't be punished for not paying. If you could get away with not paying income taxes and not be punished, you'd be crazy to.

(02-23-2013 04:43 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  What makes a city/region conservative or liberal? I think you are just confusing democrat with liberal and republican with conservative.

You have absolutely ZERO clue what the f.ck you are talking about.

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

Considering you are basically as braindead as Robert, again, thank you for the compliment dunce.

(02-23-2013 10:56 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

Cry, laugh, don't know which to do over such idiotic warped insanity.

He's making a big time run at Robert for the most clueless dunce on this board. Is the entire MAC nothing but retards? At least the Michigan, ohio and Illinois schools seem to be anyways with a couple exceptions.

(02-23-2013 10:56 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

Quote:Detroit has the highest property taxes among big cities nationwide and relies on assessments that are seriously inflated. Many houses are assessed at more than 10 times their market price, according to new research from two Michigan professors.

Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

Cry, laugh, lethal gun accident, don't know which to do over such idiotic warped insanity.

Go with #3.

(02-24-2013 12:25 AM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 11:50 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 10:59 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 10:47 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Can't say I blame the homeowners for protesting a little.

But what is funny is the ones who don't pay their taxes are the ones who complain about the sh-tty services. Here's an idea - if you pay your taxes, you'll get better services, which will keep some people from moving out of the city, which means they'll pay taxes to Detroit, etc., etc.

The people saying the services suck so they aren't paying their taxes are almost as retarded as Razor Ramon Monarch and DrTorch.

Um, no, that isn't how it would work. The decision to pay one's property taxes are made at the individual level. People don't get together and make pacts about paying their taxes. One household deciding to pay their taxes won't make any difference in the quality of services provided. They certainly wouldn't see services representative of having to pay 10x their house value. Most of the money would go towards paying debt first, not immediately being applied to city services. Your point that it's people who aren't paying doing the complaining is moot. The ones who are paying taxes are getting the same lousy return on their tax money, so where is the incentive to pay? If you look at the situation from their perspective, where you have two options to 1) pay exorbitant property taxes and receive lousy services, or 2) not pay property taxes and receive lousy service, and you'd still choose to pay, then you're the retarded one (but we already knew that).

I guess you're right. No one should pay their taxes, whether it be for their city, state, or country. That will fix EVERYYYTHING! Now that you say that, I'm going to stop paying my income tax, sales tax, and all other taxes since the country is in so much debt and my money won't help them at all.

Typical juvenile response from you. Not paying your income taxes will get you thrown in prison pretty quickly, and you pay sales taxes at the point of sale. I wouldn't expect you to pick up on the difference in scenarios though. These residents have obviously discovered that they won't be punished for not paying. If you could get away with not paying income taxes and not be punished, you'd be crazy to.

Actually, you MIGHT be able to get away with not paying sales tax if you work from home and buy everything online. :)

(02-24-2013 07:18 AM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 04:43 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  What makes a city/region conservative or liberal? I think you are just confusing democrat with liberal and republican with conservative.

You have absolutely ZERO clue what the f.ck you are talking about.

See this is exactly why the name of this board needs to be changed to the 'Conservative Slander Board'. It's impossible to have any kind of meaning discussion with you trolls.