OH, YES, THE POLITICIANS WILL REDUCE YOUR TAXES LATER!

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HOW LOCAL POLITICIANS SEE YOUR PROPERTY
As we come to the electioneering season, we are sure to hear the proponents of the healthcare district assuring us that, just as soon as the district is established and the tax increase has put the district on solid financial footing, the district board will take steps to reduce our tax load, owing to federal money flowing into district coffers. Come on!  Let's get serious!  How many politicians in South Texas do you know who have advocated scaling back taxes?  Please make a list and let the rest of us know.  And do these guys know where federal funds come from?  How many times have we heard the disgusting words "free money?" Sorry, Charlie, when you are dealing with government there is no free money.  Somebody has to pay for it, and that somebody is you, the taxpayer.

 As this thing will have an impact that ripples through the local economy, there will virtually be no one immune.  Renters, for example will see the owners of apartment and office buildings passing on their increased costs to tenants.  Even senior citizens, thinking that at age 65 they were grandfathered into set tax rates, will see their tax bills going up.

 Is this a good idea, Cameron County?  I don't think so................

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