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YewNork Donating Member (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 07:31 AM
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Florida residents say that taxing to provide health care is redistrubution of wealth, but ........
These same residents overwhelmingly voted to increase Florida's homestead exemption and to make this exemption portable.

The homestead exemption allows full time Florida residents to reduce the taxable value of their home by $50,000, thus ensuring that they pay
lower property taxes than their neighbors who are only part year residents or who own investment property. In fact, they voted a few years
ago to make the exemption portable so that they could take it from one home to another, if they move.

This results in situations where two people own the exact same house, but the part year resident can pay 50% to 100% more property tax than
then full time resident.

But, that's not redistribution of wealth. However, taxing someone to provide health insurance for another person is.

I guess their opinion depends on whether they're on the receiving line or the giving line.
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