Who is the Upper class in Rotterdam?
When we moved here I remember having to sign special papers at the bankers place cuz we were not selling our old house in a town that in their opinion was a much better town.
They did not believe us when we told them we were moving to Rotterdam from this other town, which by the way is pretty much the same as yours seems to be.
Run by the same sorta recycling group of Demoplicans and Republicrats, sign wavers and folks who just wanna tell others how to live.
The banker actually said eeew nobody moves to Rotterdam, hey I didn't care it seemed like a nice place to live it says so right up there on the windmill sign,
(was this town founded by the Dutch?)
I really get a kick out of the shiny smiling politicians when they come by the house once a year or walk the big summer time parade on curry road.
Wow do them guys know how to dress or what! and man oh man they got the whitest teeth, they sparkle in the sun.
Big shots who when they meet me on the street or in the store would not give me the time of day.
But o boy come time for the Halloween ..err... uh, I mean election season, they come right by the house, shake my hand, and tell me stories about how they are gonna fight for me.
hehehehhe
, I did not even know I was in a fight, till I met batman and robin last month
They told me the old guy is bad He don't care about me.
Next cycle I'll just tell em flip your $h1t past some other humble dwellin and put away that meat your sellin.
How bout that old tax dude, don't remember his name but he was a big tower of a fella with a commanding presence. I went to a meeting and watched a kindly old man beg for mercy and the tax dude reamed him a new butt, he decimated the poor old guy just for asking why his taxes went up so much.
The tax dude did not tell him sorry old man we have to pay millions to have the town reassessed and this stuff don't come cheap even if they do screw it all up, and next year we gotta redo it again besides
WE have not raised
your taxes in years.
It is too complex and intricate for you to understand
WE are giving
you a deal at any price we just double the price and give ya half off. I wondered why would they not use local realtors to asses the town would they not know the value of stuff?
Now there was an opportunity missed for the locals. But these rulers minds are way too superior to question.
Did ya get that?
WE have not raised
your taxes in years. Well golly forgive me you A$$holiness.
That is the deal with 'authorities it is
THEY and
we.
What if they have an election and nobody comes?
Where would they get their power from?
They snag us like that every time once we pull that lever or flip that switch or whatever new way they have to gain our consent it's game over.
It does not matter all that much what face in on the tag not much will change, the names will change but the system remains.
Expand the tax base ......that is a good one!!!
There is hope for your town in that their are a fair number of liberty minded even anarchist young people around (if they stay).
What ya could do to lessen the tax burden is all the rulers sell there houses and move into the new apartments, the developer can give them a cut rate and probably get a state or federal grant for providing low income housing to public servants.
It is all forced voluntary money from folks we don't know anyway they won't notice.
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