MOFO
08-11-2004, 05:29 PM
I was listening to a talk radio station in Pittsburgh the other day (Sean Hannity) and he was talking about how states and local government deal with people on back taxes. This story really bugs me... :mad:
There was an elderly lady in NY that suffered two strokes... lived through both. Didnt sound like she had any family.... long story short, she owed back taxes (state taxes I believe), around $11,000. The solution to this was to take the deed to her house and put it up for auction to cover the taxes owed (I have no problems with this). Her house was sold for $185,000... out of this, it paid for her back taxes and all administrative and court fees.... which may have been around $5-10,000 at the most.
So what did the state do with the rest of the money? They kept it! One of the representative's of the state was on the radio being interviewed by Sean Hannity. After a few questions, this person basically said the money will be spent on public items such as transportation...etc.... and he felt it was better spent on things like this rather than giving the money back to the old lady who now has NOTHING to her name. Typical liberal thinking! The government can spend your money better than you can! :mad:
Later in the show, Sean stated that he got bombarded with e-mails saying this is normal for other areas as well. Is there anyone out there that feels this was right? The government is ONLY entitled to what was owed to them (including fee's) and NOT ONE PENNY more in my opinion.
There was an elderly lady in NY that suffered two strokes... lived through both. Didnt sound like she had any family.... long story short, she owed back taxes (state taxes I believe), around $11,000. The solution to this was to take the deed to her house and put it up for auction to cover the taxes owed (I have no problems with this). Her house was sold for $185,000... out of this, it paid for her back taxes and all administrative and court fees.... which may have been around $5-10,000 at the most.
So what did the state do with the rest of the money? They kept it! One of the representative's of the state was on the radio being interviewed by Sean Hannity. After a few questions, this person basically said the money will be spent on public items such as transportation...etc.... and he felt it was better spent on things like this rather than giving the money back to the old lady who now has NOTHING to her name. Typical liberal thinking! The government can spend your money better than you can! :mad:
Later in the show, Sean stated that he got bombarded with e-mails saying this is normal for other areas as well. Is there anyone out there that feels this was right? The government is ONLY entitled to what was owed to them (including fee's) and NOT ONE PENNY more in my opinion.