TJ Burke: New Brunswick Property Taxes Suck!
Feeling NBers [tax] pain or inflicting it on them?
From Say It Like It Is: "Now, generally I don't complain about taxes, but holy cow what a tax burden I am facing this year! I know many other New Brunswickers saying the same thing."Huh? You mean to say TJ needed to glance at his property tax bill to figure out what all of us NBers have known all along? That being, that we are burdened to death by gouging liberal tax policy.
INCREDIBLE!
Anyway, I know the blogger general to be a very heady guy, in other words, my gut tells me that something else is at play here?
Methinks Jack Mintz will be rolling out his green paper soon (a government sponsored study on tax competitiveness), and judging from the
I think the most logical next step (that this report will ultimately show) will be for Mr. Boudreau to resign, especially since his policies were based on shaky forcasting which cost NB taxpayers a hefty price.
Update
I guess property taxes suck so bad in New Brnswick that it shouldn't even be talked about or mentioned in our neck of the woods...not even by Burke himself?? Huh? Anybody? Bueller?
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Though property taxes are levied by municipalities, the rest of the burden Burke is feeling is a result of the government he supports and belongs to. He sounds like an idiot making that statement just to make himself seem like a man of the people who understands their financial challenges.
Typical liberal, it's only bad if it effects me!
Speaking of property tax, how’s this pathetic excuse for liberal governance. OK, these Liberals have been in power for a while now. Let me give you an example on how they nickel and dime low income taxpayers. With just one example.
AS you may know, there is a NB government program for low income people. In 2006, my aged retired mother qualified for the property tax allowance (a rebate of $200). To qualify, the taxable income (Line 260 on the Income tax form) can not exceed $20,000 for the previous year, which in this case, would be 2005. She just got in under the line with an income of $19,700.
Tough titties for the following year, her three government pensions(OAS, CPP, Nurses Pension) are indexed, the increased in pension income pushed her over the line by a hair since the max. income allowed stayed at $20,000. It should have been adjusted upward to take care of inflation creep. So she missed out for the rebate in 2007 and 2008. The max. income allowed is still at $20,000 after 3 years.
If a few people in every MLA district would go to the MLA's local home office and bitch about this, something might be achieved. I intend to do so.
This Liberal government has sunk $60 million into a corruptly run credit union, a few more million into a frigging golf course(Royal Oaks in Moncton) and bailed out nursing homes pension plan to the tune of $20 million of taxpayers money.
And they have the bloodsucking gall not to rectify this injustice with the property tax rebate for low income people.
I wonder if the exemptions in his MLA salaries and allowance offset the tax he pays on property??
I agree with nbt, that we are being set up. Frank McKenna's recent anouncements on tax reform are likely a part of it as well.
Beware.
Monctonite.
anon: poor spending habits and high taxation has been a problem for all governments in NB. Although, this one is doing its best to get their quicker then the others.
canuckguy: interesting. I have to admit, this one slipped past our radar, but it's sounds like it is inequitable just the same. Although, I'm not sure how much contacting your MLA will do? since they pass most of the legislation unilaterally (without proper consultation with NB taxpayers).
bill: There is no question property taxes would be offset by the gains in exemptions MLA's receive on their monthly per diem. An income stream/benefit regular folks, like us, can't count on at the end of the day.
monctonite: Good point. Even though I liked a few things McKenna said (see other posts), I thought the same thing, especially since he mentioned raising provincial consumption taxes (which Boudreau already backed away from earlier this year). I expect if these guys put personal taxes (and corporate taxes back to '06 levels), they will likely raise another to raise necessary revenue (since that's Boudreau's motto).
I wonder what his property tax bill was for this year? It would be neat to compare his MLA tax benefits to what he actually pays in property tax??
His property tax bill is his own business bill.
Knowing is half the battle. T.J. is in a position in which he can influence change. If he's feeling it and living it, he's more likley to raise those concerns. This is all good in my mind and I'm glad to see him blogging it.
I do understand where you are coming from with regards to Burke. Although, someone made a good point in your last thread spinks, asking why TJ didn't voice his concerns on this matter (taxes) when things went down heavy two budgets ago??
Plus, he wasn't all that hyped about transparency and accountability when the Caisse debacle went down (which gouged NB taxpayers once again (via a $6 million bailout).
I guess I'll have to agree to disagree on this one.
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