By inthemiddle on 02-02-10
How many low and middle income people cannot afford their property taxes due to the current economy. If you were taxed for real value instead of appraised value most people in these brackets pay a much higher percentage than the owners of resort or lakefront homeowners do. I understand that many of these homes have been passed from generation to generation, as our family shares one. When you take the amount we could sell this property for versus what we pay for taxes on it, it is about .4%. While my personal home is taxed at about 1.25% of its real value. Most states tax second and vacation homes at a higher rate than first or primary homes are taxed at. Not in Montana we get our money from the people who should pay it ,the middle class. Don’t want to hurt the rich.
By Russell Kilpatrick on 03-28-12
Flathead County Assessment is a private corporation, Flathead County is a corporation, STATE OF MONTANA is a corporation; the so called individuals of the County and State
appeal boards are corporate subdivisions. The Courts are made up of Actors, ie, private
contractors, privately bonded. How can a living, breathing, child of God, an upper case Citizen,
who has lawfully claimed and protected his substantive rights, redress issues in a fictitious
world of entities? Must one become a corporate fiction, an entity so to speak, become a
nothing and hire an Esquire of the Crown to redress REAL issues about REAL property? Are
there any Scribes or Baristers out there that RE-Present Real Individuals protected by Real
Rights, in a corporate court? How many times must WE pay for our homes? I paid out of
pocket for my Real property and Real Home. I have paid the STATE OF MONTANA once in
property taxes, now I am being asked to pay for it once again to the STATE OF MONTANA.
How many times will WE pay for our homes,,,, endless! You may contact me at
bearpark@inetmt.com
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