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Brian Leung's avatar

My experience is that Indiana is a pretty low-tax state. We rank #10 overall. The services we receive in return for taxes in Tippecanoe County/Lafayette are pretty good and efficient (except when they hire one of those companies to hack away at the trees near power lines). I'd pay 0.25% more in sales tax if it was dedicated to raising teachers' salaries. Or a special 0.15% property tax increase for the same purpose. And that's free money, because we don't have children, so we don't use our contribution. I'm missing the report/data on the counties that are using their budgets unwisely. Which ones have been identified? What are the citizen satisfaction surveys that have been used to support the current proposed legislation? I feel like I'm missing pieces of the puzzle to understand the urgency. The "prove it" phrase seems a bit unamerican. You are guilty until you prove yourself innocent? Politicians should have a reasonable portion of their favorite dessert before proposing legislation. Life is much better, less complicated, and tastier than they promote.

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Phthor Quiddity's avatar

Indiana collects about $40 billion in taxes (2022), including $8.6 billion in property tax and $10.4 billion in sales tax, national ranking 37th and 20th respectively. I get that R's do not like big budget surpluses. Why not knock down our rather high sales tax? Seems easier to implement and less impact on essential local services.

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