Montgomery County homeowners are receiving their property tax bills in the mail, and jaws are crashing to the floor countywide. A super double-whammy budget by the County Council in May not only hiked property taxes yet again, but also eliminated the Income Tax Offset Credit that a vast majority of homeowners were previously eligible for. The end result has been, among homeowners I've spoken to around the county, property tax bills anywhere from 17% to 25% higher than last year. Be sure to thank your representative comrades on the Montgomery Commie Council.
Predictably, the hardest-hit areas are downcounty, in Bethesda, Rockville, and Silver Spring. Many Rockville residents are looking at $12,000 tax bills. "It was about $12,000 last year," lamented a Bethesda homeowner holding a tax bill for more than $15,000. As I have noted for many years now, Montgomery County property taxes have increasingly become a second mortgage for homeowners. It's simply incredible that the Council would slam homeowners with tax increases this high in the middle of an affordability crisis. Most of this money ends up in the pockets of the Montgomery County cartel, the puppeteers behind our Marxist County Council.
Don't forget, in May the Council also added a new wealth tax on the "rich," whom our stuck-in-the-1960s Council defines as (in Dr. Evil "one million dollars" voice) anyone making over $150,000. That's only $18,000 higher than the median income of $132,450 in Montgomery County! $150,000 is just squeaking by and surviving, especially with a County Council of overpaid, underworked oligarchs who draw an annual salary of $167,172 from you, the taxpayer, for a few hours of "work" per week. One of the best kept secrets of the Council is that many members over the years have used the lax Council schedule, and their overinflated salaries, to put themselves through graduate or law school at your expense. If only you were as criminally street smart as the County Council, you might throw the bums out on Election Day!
This is clever, heartfelt, funny, and true.
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DeleteIf the people would demand a smaller Montgomery County government, then a 15% tax increase would not be necessary. But alas, a people get the government they deserve and these Communists were all voted in.
ReplyDeleteSays the mad MAGA who twice elected a dumbass, uneducated, grifting, fool for president. He is the cause of the headaches your experiencing.
DeleteWell said!!! ALL homeowners have to act come November and vote a County Executive in that will stop this insanity!!! I know many are thinking of leaving the county/state because of this.
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely true! Not very funny though. Our bill went up about $2,000. Vote them out!
ReplyDeleteSigh…… I’m tired of this every other year. I feel like nothing will ever change here. We need a real leaders. I see people on Reddit still organizing protest at Tesla dealership while they’re okay with this. Makes my blood boil
ReplyDeleteThey keep getting voted in! How is anyone surprised? Sadly I wasn’t, they told us what they were going to do and they once again voted for this trash!!
ReplyDeleteThis is all true. And unbelievably, MoCo folks voted for this. So unfortunate. And older seniors like us are among those being used as the County’s ATMs for these so called “services”.
ReplyDeleteAs a retired person living on a budget mine tax bill went up 1300.00 more than last year which was high, are they trying to drive older residents out of the city of Rockville? I’m ready to move after more than 50 years living in Rockville
ReplyDeleteIt is cliche' to say that you can vote communism in and you must shoot your way out. But history has proven it true.
ReplyDeleteBuckle up MoCo, it's later than you think.
They are eliminating the elderly from the MoCo population. This was a filthy move Elrich and County Council! You should all be impeached.
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