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[Hay Dude]

Indiana is actually finally discussing canceling the state income tax….

I have a feeling that like all good bureaucrats do, that discussion will get quashed quite quickly!

I’d rather have an income tax and get rid of property tax.
Although pretty much no Gubmit can be trusted with taxing our income and using it for good & useful reasons, I’d rather have them tax my income than be able to seize my property.

 

[lilranch2001]

I’d rather have an income tax and get rid of property tax.
Although pretty much no G can be trusted with taxing our income and using it for good & useful reasons, I’d rather have them tax my income than be able to seize my property.

Indiana property taxes are more than reasonable.

I would hate to live in New Jersey where it seems that they’re property taxes are higher than their yearly income taxes.

 

[Hay Dude]

Private practice vets in large metropolitan cities make big money. I meet clients all the time who pay ridiculous sums of money to keep fluffy, not only alive, but drastic medical interventions…hip replacement, chemotherapy, cataract surgery…. I’m amazed.

$3000 for cataract surgery? On a damn dog? And who is going to sue the vet? Is Ruffy going to complain about chronic pain from his joint replacement?

I would think country vets who charge 1990 prices make $130-$200k. That’s who we go to.

You won’t believe this, but one of my wife’s co-teachers paid…..can you believe this…..$24,000 to treat their golden retriever for cancer????

It died in 1 year anyway.

I know, she’s stupid for doing that, but the kids cried & cried and so she did it.

That vet should have his/her license removed for charging that much.

And people say vets don’t make much money…..

 

[Hay Dude]

Indiana property taxes are more than reasonable.

I would hate to live in New Jersey where it seems that they’re property taxes are higher than their yearly income taxes.

9+ % state income tax.
Could you imagine forking over 10% of your money just to live in New Jersey?

 

[lilranch2001]

I don’t know if is always to that extreme but people put lots of money in fluffy every year

 

[lilranch2001]

9+ % state income tax.
Could you imagine forking over 10% of your money just to live in New

Well, you need to look at New Jerseyites voting record, and you kinda understand the lack of high intelligence

 

[Hay Dude]

Well, you need to look at New Jerseyites voting record, and you kinda understand the lack of high intelligence

Our best friends left NJ in August and moved to Tampa, FL for much greener & cheaper way of life.
So far they love it.

 

[MossRoad]

I don’t know if is always to that extreme but people put lots of money in fluffy every year

Not just fluffy, but kitty too.

One of our cats at something and it got lodged in her small intestine. After tests, x-rays, ultrasounds, surgery and 72 hours of care, it was $4500.

9 months later she did it again! Since we knew what happened this time, it was "ONLY" $3500.

We are fortunate that we are in a financial position to do that. In our earlier years, the cat would have been a goner.

 

[Hay Dude]

Not just fluffy, but kitty too.

One of our cats at something and it got lodged in her small intestine. After tests, x-rays, ultrasounds, surgery and 72 hours of care, it was $4500.

9 months later she did it again! Since we knew what happened this time, it was "ONLY" $3500.

We are fortunate that we are in a financial position to do that. In our earlier years, the cat would have been a goner.

Well, look at it this way, you helped prop up the financial woes of those “poor vets”.

 

[ultrarunner]

Same here. The doom and gloom is from people trying to paint a political picture based on things they're not experiencing directly but heard someone else they don't know is.

This is why I think location is critical in a country as large as the United States.

What is different this time is California population leaving and losing a seat in Washington.