“It's difficult to compete and keep businesses from moving to South Dakota when (that state's) property tax is 32nd in the nation. We need to reduce our government entities, have competitive tax rates and spend our resources wisely.”
Charese Yanney
“The destruction of that area has devastated both our property tax and sales tax,”
Richard Bennett
“In some ways, the sales tax is fairer. A retired person living on a fixed salary, their property tax appreciates while they don't spend much on sales tax.”
Don Crosby
“The intent certainly is that people whose taxes are frozen would see the same level of property tax deductions.”
Kathy Walt
“We've got businesses on the North Shore who have seen 30 per cent property tax increases on top of 40 per cent the year before and 30 per cent the year before that, then you're hitting them with another basically property tax. . . . It's just the straw that broke the camel's back, it's too much.”
Laura Jones
“This will be the largest property tax reduction in Pennsylvania history. If there is appetite to reduce property taxes more, we can cross that bridge down the road. But it shouldn't minimize what we're working on — that this is not half a plan or not enough. This is going to be significant property tax relief.”
Kate Philips
“It seems the only avenues being looked at are raising the sales tax or having a property tax. I again suggest emphasis be placed on development of revenue producing growth.”
Larry Schmit
