I just read in the paper this morning that Snohomish County wants to raise the property taxes 1 percent. Are you kidding me?
Have you ever heard of living within the budget? We are retired people who are on the verge of being taxed out of our home now. Ever since we moved to Snohomish County in 2002, the taxes have gone up every year. Even when things got really bad and our property values dropped $150,000, the taxes did not go down.
Just because everyone has an idea, need, or want, does not mean we have to support it. We have wants and needs too that can’t be met because the taxes are so high. We live in an area where we have the highest gas tax, sales tax, property tax. Tax on everything. I can’t breathe! I’m sick and tired of having to go without and paying for those who refuse to go to work and pay their own way.
Times are tough. Jobs are scarce, food prices are out of sight along with medical and taxes, taxes, taxes.
We use to be middle class people and that portion of society has been lost. We now find ourselves on the bottom rung. We have to live within our budget. If we run short on money, the spending stops.
We can’t go to the bank and ask for more money. I suggest Snohomish County do the same.
Carol Draney
Snohomish
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