On Nh living and commutes..

[Tom Buskey]

>> People complain about the high property taxes in NH, but at least you
>> know what you're paying and it's right there in front of your face..
>> not hidden all over the place with income and sales tax.
>
> And people only complain about the high property tax because... well,
> because people will ALWAYS complain about something, and the property
> tax happens to be the only thing the government here takes from them.
> My father is actually the chairman of the Board of Assessors in
> Manchester, so I know all about the whole property tax deal here in NH.
>     I'll never understand the people who really whine about it.  I
> usually
> say to them: "So, you'd rather stop educating our children, I guess?"
> Ah, well.  Human nature, I guess.  Gotta be cranky about *something*.

When I was unemployed for 16 months, I was very glad my income was taxed
and not my property.

My mother used to live in NH before she retired.  The propety tax was
killing her ($5000 or so) so she moved acrss the river to VT and found she
got much of her property tax back every year.  VT takes into account your
income tax (she has very little income) and refunds property tax based on
that.  For someone w/ little income, property tax is an unfair burden.