{"id":16373,"date":"2012-06-12T18:35:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T22:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=16373"},"modified":"2012-06-12T18:35:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T22:35:15","slug":"north-dakota-considers-eliminating-property-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/06\/north-dakota-considers-eliminating-property-tax.html","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota Considers Eliminating Property Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watchwoman:<\/strong><\/span> If the government can cease your property because you cannot afford to pay your property taxes, who really owns your property?\u00a0 You?\u00a0 Or the government?\u00a0 Are you just a tenant paying the government for the privilege to rent and maintain the property where you’ve lived all your life? \u00a0 The government may call it taxes.\u00a0 Landlords call it rent.\u00a0 Think about it.\u00a0 Think you’ll never not be able to afford the taxes?\u00a0 What about people who retire and don’t have the same income they used to have?\u00a0 What about the unemployed?\u00a0 What about someone who becomes disabled?\u00a0 Keep thinking about it! \u00a0 \u25ac\u00a0 Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NORTH DAKOTA FOLKS ARE SPORTING BUMPER STICKERS SAYING!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Liberty Starts with Property Rights\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

End the Mess – Vote Yes: Eliminate Property Taxes for Good<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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North Dakota Property Tax Amendment, Measure 2 (June 2012)<\/h1>\n

The measure will appear on the June 12, 2012<\/a> statewide ballot in North Dakota<\/a> as an initiated constitutional amendment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The measure proposes eliminating property taxes throughout the state, starting in 2012. The measure was proposed by a group called Empower the Taxpayer<\/a> in March 2010<\/a> and approved for circulation<\/a> by the North Dakota Secretary of State<\/a> in late March<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/a><\/sup> Specifically, the measure requires the legislature<\/a> to replace local governments’ property tax income with state tax revenue.[3]<\/a><\/sup> A similar proposal was rejected in 2009 by the North Dakota Legislature<\/a>.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

On April 29, 2011<\/a> the Secretary of State Al Jaeger<\/a> confirmed that supporters collected sufficient signature to qualify the proposed measure for the statewide primary ballot.[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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Property Tax Amendment<\/strong><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Type:<\/strong><\/td>\nConstitutional amendment<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Constitution:<\/strong><\/td>\nNorth Dakota Constitution<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Referred by:<\/strong><\/td>\nEmpower the Taxpayer Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Topic:<\/strong><\/td>\nTaxes<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Status:<\/strong><\/td>\nOn the ballot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Source: Wikipedia<\/div>\n
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