The STAR program (I forget what it stands for, “Stupid Tax Assessment Reclamation” maybe?) is a great testament to the inefficiency of state government. I mean who really questions that, and does it really need to be brought up again? No, it doesn’t but I can’t resist.<\/p>\n
The STAR program basically gives back money to property owners who pay property taxes.<\/p>\n
Now most sane people would just organize it so that they’re charged less rather than charge more and then give back some of it. It’s a waste of time, and money.<\/p>\n
Somewhere, greenburgh found a ton of money to rebuild the library. Now I’m all for libraries, so good for them. But while they’re building it, they’ve moved the books and other library materials into 3 satellite offices, one of them being in the also nearly brand-spanking-new town hall (you know, the place when you get ass fucked when you want to get a building permit to build a gazebo).<\/p>\n
I go to the town hall nowadays to borrow DVDs from the library. I marvel that the library spends good tax money on buying the likes of “Jackass II” to put in the borrowable library materials, but that’s a rant for another day.<\/p>\n
While walking to the back of the building where the library materials are, I always pass an office that says “STAR program. We will return 9am.”<\/p>\n
They (I’m sorry, I mean WE THE TAXPAYERS) employ people and heat the space of an office to support the process of giving back money that they charged in property taxes when just a little more time could be spent in the existing tax office to make sure they charge me the right amount of taxes in the first place.<\/p>\n
And for this extra expense, I’m sure my taxes have gone up.<\/p>\n
We need a revolution. Just a little one.<\/p>\n
And I’m sure that building a gazebo increased my property taxes.<\/p>\n
Of which I will get some back from the STAR program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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