Comments on: To tax or not to tax http://homertribune.com/2012/11/to-tax-or-not-to-tax/ Homer, Alaska Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Louise http://homertribune.com/2012/11/to-tax-or-not-to-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-101714 Louise Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:42:50 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=26222#comment-101714 Thought the private sector wasn't for government handouts? What's changed? Thought the private sector wasn’t for government handouts? What’s changed?

]]> By: raised by wolves http://homertribune.com/2012/11/to-tax-or-not-to-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-101699 raised by wolves Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:24:36 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=26222#comment-101699 What amazes me is how easy it is to spend "someone else" money. All the funds in the city's coffers belong to the people of Homer's "quality of life" not just the people who work for the city. The programs and derbies are fun and nice representation of the community (Hamlet by the Sea), but they are not necessary for our quality of life. Our quality of life depends on how well people can heat their homes, respond to fires, serve the sick and dying, feed the families, and to still maintain a reasonable lifestyle while they pay the taxes that support the city government. What amazes me is how easy it is to spend “someone else” money. All the funds in the city’s coffers belong to the people of Homer’s “quality of life” not just the people who work for the city. The programs and derbies are fun and nice representation of the community (Hamlet by the Sea), but they are not necessary for our quality of life. Our quality of life depends on how well people can heat their homes, respond to fires, serve the sick and dying, feed the families, and to still maintain a reasonable lifestyle while they pay the taxes that support the city government.

]]> By: What the http://homertribune.com/2012/11/to-tax-or-not-to-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-101467 What the Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:44:38 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=26222#comment-101467 "The city needs the money to maintain our quality of life." You 'need' leather furniture. Your wants are beyond our means. Sorry. Taking money out of our family's mouths lowers our quality of life. If you were worried about a rainy day fund, you should not have wasted all the money you did have on City Hall. Homer Citizens need a full account of all money spent by this City Council. For instance, I do not want to be taxed to give to the Chamber of Commerce, ridiculous. They can fund themselves. Talk about takers! "give the Homer Chamber of Commerce $50,000. The chamber is in line to receive $21,000 per year, so this would push their allocation to $71,000" “The city needs the money to maintain our quality of life.”

You ‘need’ leather furniture. Your wants are beyond our means. Sorry.

Taking money out of our family’s mouths lowers our quality of life. If you were worried about a rainy day fund, you should not have wasted all the money you did have on City Hall.

Homer Citizens need a full account of all money spent by this City Council.

For instance, I do not want to be taxed to give to the Chamber of Commerce, ridiculous. They can fund themselves. Talk about takers!

“give the Homer Chamber of Commerce $50,000. The chamber is in line to receive $21,000 per year, so this would push their allocation to $71,000″

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