Recent comments in /f/newjersey

prayersforrain t1_jadv2h3 wrote

Reply to Is this legit? by Bergamoted

yes. It's the replacement for the Homestead Rebate. If you made $75K or less during that year and owned or rented you are eligible. For couples filing jointly it's less than $150k

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uplandsrep t1_jadured wrote

Reply to comment by SleepyHobo in After nearly 250 days working without a contract, rank-and-file members of the Rutgers University faculty and staff unions are set to start voting Tuesday on whether to authorize a strike: The two unions have been negotiatingwith Rutgers since their contract expired in May 2022 by rollotomasi07071

Shows that single-shop unionism leads to divide and conquer tactics, there needs to be a united front between student unions, teacher unions, facilities and service workers on campus. The threat of a strike from all those unified groups guarantees a more even balance of power while negotiating with the administration.

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Spectre_Loudy t1_jadup5s wrote

Reply to New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071

Good thing homeowners in some of the wealthiest towns still pay a lower percentage than most. Can we please tax the fuck out of wealthy vacation homes not even owned by people in the state?

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lost_in_life_34 t1_jadu0ev wrote

Reply to Justice! by dragongrl

took me less than 5 minutes to clean off my roof this morning and I only drove kids to school

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I have a dashcam so if my car gets damaged i'll have the video of the offending car for insurance

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lost_in_life_34 t1_jadtrd1 wrote

Reply to New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071

if you want to control property tax growth then tell your lawmakers to pass incentives to build more office space in the state so that people stay in the state to work instead of going to NYC and the state losing out on that tax revenue

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whygohomie t1_jadsyd7 wrote

Reply to comment by SleepyHobo in Make sure all snow is off your roof! by coreynj2461

They also have a responsibility to be able to competently park and drive their oversized F950 - - but that doesn't really seem to be of much concern to these drivers. They are way too busy over compensating to be concerned with stuff like the proper operation of a motor vehicle.

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MassiveStomach t1_jadsdgc wrote

Reply to comment by Mm2789 in New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071

my town only offers half day for free, you gotta pay for full day

but, our recycling is down by the county (morris) not the town, not sure if yours is as well

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_jadsa3a wrote

Reply to comment by beowulf92 in New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071

People aren’t part of the problem, they are the problem. That’s not really debatable. It’s math. Town budgets are public and you can see what services cost how much money. All services are for people, not land outside of the fire department (which is technically split).

Ideally property tax would be based on how many people in the property rather than it’s value, since that’s how much of a tax burden that property is. Someone with an acre of woods is technically saving the town money on open space they’d otherwise purchase. Someone with a kid just cost the town thousands.

Meanwhile a dozen townhouses don’t even come close to covering their burden.

Taxing people, while unpopular is the solution to property tax. It would also effectively be a carbon tax since people = carbon.

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MrFrode t1_jadrvxy wrote

Reply to comment by njstein in New Jersey’s notorious property-tax bills went up once again last year, growing on average by more than $200 or more than 2%, according to the latest data from the state; the increase pushed the average New Jersey property-tax bill to a record-high $9,490 in 2022 by rollotomasi07071

Schools. Schools are by far the largest expense that hits local taxes, often 50+%.

Merging or having shared service agreements for police and fire is nice but unless and until people are willing to have large shared school district with 4 or more municipalities taxes will never go down.

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