On Monday, Hot Air posted an article reporting a suggestion from the Mayor of South Portland, Maine, on how to pay the increasingly high taxes imposed by the city.
The article reports:
In a city that has raised taxes by almost 25% over the past half-decade, the mayor has made the obvious suggestion: use your home’s equity to hand over your wealth to keep the city’s gravy train going.
It’s a brilliant solution if you think about it. You worked all your life to buy your house outright, happy that you can pass along the value to the next generation.
But really, wouldn’t you rather keep the government bureaucrats happy instead? The children of the community are the children of the community, which means that your children belong to the government, just as your home should too.
Included in a quote from the Mayor was the following link:
You don’t suppose that might have something to do with the almost 25% increase in taxes?
The article also notes:
Notice that link in the middle of the quote? City directs $150,000 to help migrants find permanent housing.
Hmm. I wonder if there is some correlation.
This is exactly what you should expect in modern-day America. Governments spending money to help migrants while screwing their own citizens.
Is it any wonder that people are angry? We are constantly being asked to sacrifice our own futures for the benefit of people who aren’t citizens. We are paying the freight for others while being asked to surrender what we have.
Elections matter. Any Democrat you vote for in November will continue to give your money away to people who broke the law coming here.