It seems that politicians always want to raise taxes. The reason is they like to spend money. It is easy to spend money when it is not your own. What we need are laws to control spending for those politicians that forget they should take greater care when spending other peoples money.
The way to do it is to limit revenue. If government gets an increase in revenue, they just spend it. In Mineral County personal property taxes have increased substantially, and the government just spent it all.
I would suggest that any budget increases within the county be limited to the previous years budget plus inflation and population change. The government doesn't need to grow any faster than inflation. This limits government to its current size. Allowing for increases based on population also is reasonable. Any increase in population will require an increase in services, but not an increase that is greater than the growth rate.
Now if the government receives more money than the increase from inflation or population allows, then government will be required to give that money back to the tax payer in the form of refunds. After all it is our money they are taking, they should be giving the access back.
This has worked in other states and should work here to control out of control tax increases and government expansion. It is only common sense to not take to much from the taxpayer.
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