Back to the original post on property tax, I beleive that elderly homeowners in California can most their old assessments with them when they move to a new home. I’m not sure the process of the doing that, but I think that’s what is happening when some people pay very little tax in expensive new neighborhood where prices couldn’t have been that low to begin with.
I don’t have any children nor did I buy an expensive house rencently so I can afford to travel the world. One reason Americans are not loved is because we are loud and obnoxious. Bravado is part of our culture but think of it in local terms. How would you like it if there were a foreign military presence in your town, a noise neighclub serving foreign troups in your neighborhood, and your daughters having sex with foreign servicemen for money?
Many point to Japan and Germany as successes of military occupation. However, I think that they are exceptions rather than the rule. Generally, history shows that occupation never works.
One of my best friends is a military pilot. Of course, he’s very pro-military but even he is hopeless about the situation in Iraq. We have a bet going… We’ll let history be the judge and in 10 years, I’ll get my free dinner on him. While there’s still debate over Vietnam, the preponderance of opinion is that was a very costly mistake.
Special interests is what keeps housing and the military very costly to all of us taxpayers.
