Indiana’s property tax caps get counties moving toward income taxes, by Lesley Stedman Weidenbener (Courier-Journal).
When the Clark County Council passed an income tax increase last month, it joined two dozen other Indiana counties working to shift their budgets away from property taxes, a move the General Assembly has encouraged for two years.
Expect immediate comment from my fellow local columnist, Debbie Harbeson, who yesterday took a scathing Libertarian cudgel to State Representative Ed Clere’s Nov. 3 piece in the Tribune, Grant will boost entire community, in which Clere wrote:
Federal stimulus money is flowing into Georgetown. As a result, the town’s sewage will stop flowing down the hill to New Albany. It’s a big win for both communities – and a benefit to the rest of Floyd County and Southern Indiana.
Yesterday, Harbeson issued a challenge: Let’s clear the rhetoric.
Wow, it must really feel good to be federally stimulated. At least Indiana Rep. Ed Clere makes me think so. I’m sure he’s right because the deal he recently brokered as paid political middleman would certainly make some people feel good. I do have friends and family who will benefit from this forced transfer of funds from one group to another so it’s nice to know someone locally is being stimulated.
I feel like I should be reading these at a sports bar …
