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ers group it is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from the government thomas paine 1737 1809 monday november 28 2011 happy holidays team hammond will be taking a break for the holidays there will be no meetings in november or december the next regular meeting will be the last tuesday in january 2012 posted by team hammond at monday november 28 2011 monday october 24 2011 rittenmeyer on ethics in local government october team hammond meeting guest speaker shared ethics advisory commission dennis rittenmeyer ethics in local government tuesday october 25 6 30 pm meet and greet 7 pm program everyone is invited bring a friend note the new location community room of the main branch of hammond public library 564 state street hammond in across the street from all saints church posted by team hammond at monday october 24 2011 thursday september 22 2011 mike repay on how government works or doesn t work mike repay newly elected lake county councilman will bring his unique view and experience in government work to the next team hammond taxpayers group meeting for an open discussion on what makes government work and what does not work he also will bring the new lake county government budget for 2012 and will be available to answer questions on where our money goes when it heads off to lake county government the meeting will be held in a new location the hayward branch of the hammond public library the date is tuesday september 27 meet and greet is at 6 30 pm the meeting will start promptly at 7 pm posted by team hammond at thursday september 22 2011 sunday august 28 2011 cid to be speaker for august team hammond meeting lake county councilwoman christine cid will be the guest speaker at the tuesday august 30 team hammond taxpayers group meeting councilwoman cid will address the issue of cutting the county budget a work in progress the meeting will be held tuesday august 30 meet and greet is at 6 30 pm the program will begin promptly at 7 pm the meeting will be held in the community room of the main branch of hammond public library 564 state street hammond in please note this is a new meeting location for team hammond posted by team hammond at sunday august 28 2011 wednesday june 22 2011 conservancy district information there will be a special informational meeting thursday evening june 24 on the proposed conservancy district plan team hammond is joining with other groups to provide this chance to get your questions on the controversial proposal answered the meeting will be held at lincoln s restaurant in highland from 6 30 to 9 pm also there will be an important public discussion of the conservancy distict plan at the hammond city council meeting on monday night june 26 the meeting in highland at lincoln s restaurant 2813 highway avenue will be your chance to get questions answered so you can make up your mind and speak your piece at the hammond city council meeting lincoln s restaurant is just north of ridge road and a little east of kennedy ave just a reminder there will be no regular team hammond meeting in june or july the regular meetings will resume in august for more info on the conservancy district or team hammond meetings call 678 6761 posted by team hammond at wednesday june 22 2011 thursday may 26 2011 may general meeting the may general meeting of team hammond taxpayers group will be tuesday evening may 30 at the woodmar united methodist church meet and greet will begin at 6 30 the meeting will begin at 7 pm the subject will be hammond s casino money where does it come from and where does it go posted by team hammond at thursday may 26 2011 tuesday april 19 2011 candidates night at april meeting the april meeting of team hammond taxpayers group will be tuesday evening april 26 at the woodmar united methodist church at 7230 northcote in hammond candidates running in the may 3 primary are invited for an open forum depending on how many candidates come time will be allotted for each candidate to make a brief statement followed by an open forum for those attending to ask questions come meet and talk to those seeking to guide hammond into the next era meet and greet at 6 30 open forum will begin at 7 pm posted by team hammond at tuesday april 19 2011 older posts home subscribe to posts atom blunt proof of the feasibility to permanently abolish property tax immediate release media contacts melyssa donaghy 317 938 8913 max katz 765 409 6669 www hoosiersforfairtaxation com blunt proof of the feasibility to permanently abolish property tax hoosiers for fair taxation senator delph representative noe representative elrod and many other legislators along with stop indiana attorney john price eric miller s advance america and the statewide taxpayer alliance know that property tax abolishment without substantial increases in sales tax and income tax is realistic and possible the economist dr bill styring s 2 2 2 plan demonstrates that the state of indiana can completely replace property tax without changing the state s current spending habits dr styring s plan does not account for positive changes in indiana s economy that will undoubtedly follow the elimination of property tax such as heavy real estate investment and increased consumer spending due to increased statewide disposable income the real estate investment in indiana alone would cause such an economic boom that it could likely end our abandoned property and foreclosure crisis property tax elimination would also likely cause a surge in indiana s population as more people locate to indiana to take advantage of real estate purchase opportunities without the burden of property tax with the population surge would come more sales and income taxes the general assembly does not have to adopt a specific plan until the year 2011 in the meantime we recommend that the general assembly approves the 27steps outlined in the report prepared by the sheperd kernan commission while the governor s commission cannot forecast the savings to the state once the plan is implemented there is no doubt that the savings would be substantial perhaps equivalent to the the entire property tax burden currently placed on indiana s homeowners because our legislators have not had the political will to liberate indiana s governing structure and her taxpayers from the 19th century our citizen networks will work to replace all legislators who do not support property tax repeal in the november 2008 election the 2 2 2 plan to replace property taxes in indiana based upon the latest revenue forecast 07 08 fiscal estimate 1 current in sales tax state level rate of 6 5 601 billion2 increase would yield an additional 1 867 billion 2 current corporate profits tax 2 billion 2 increase would yield an additional 286 billion 286m 3 a 2 statewide average of the coit would yield 2 705 billion to cover local civil units of gov by adding these three together 1 867 billion 286 billion 2 705 billion a total of 4 858 billion is realized enough revenue to replace property taxes property tax history prepared by dr bill styring indiana has a 70 plus year history of attempts to lower property taxes by raising other non property taxes in every case these have failed miserably the new taxes or higher rates on old taxes remain in place and in short order property taxes rise back to their old levels poised to roar even higher 1933 general assembly imposes two new taxes an individual gross income tax and a corporate gross income tax the morgue of the indianapolis star indicates that the political leadership at the time said this was for property tax relief 1933 was the pits of the great depression and people were losing their homes home prices declined by over 40 in the 1929 1933 period property tax relief was nonexistent the state used the money to bail out the state s own finances 1963 general assembly imposes a new sales tax at a rate of 2 and changes the 1933 individual gross income tax from 1933 to an adjusted gross income tax the one we have now at a rate of 2 again the ostensible reason was for property tax relief and again little ptr was forthcoming 1967 those 1963 tax changes were raising more money than projected the ga decides to give back 8 of sales and income tax revenue to local government for property tax relief local units spent the money no ptr 1973 gov otis bowen launches the most determined ptr offensive yet the sales tax goes to 4 and a new corporate supplemental net income profits tax is imposed strict property tax levy controls are imposed it works for a time by 1980 property taxes adjusted for inflation are some 30 lower than in 1973 when bowen leaves office the levy controls are relaxed by the end of the decade property taxes adjusted for inflation are back to 1973 levels the doubling of the sales tax rate from 2 to 4 remains in place along with the new corporate snit 2002 more fiddling with the sales tax in the hope of property tax relief the results of this are obvious or we wouldn t be debating the current property tax mess all of this suggests that unless the property tax is totally ripped up by constitutional amendment the assessment and collection mechanism dismantled it will grow back the ptr inspired hikes in other taxes remain that is our history it is a terrible deal for taxpayers 2 a vote in the 2008 legislative session for a constitutional amendment to repeal property taxes does not amend the constitution it merely starts the amendment process amendments must be passed by two consecutively elected general assemblies then submitted to a referendum thus any amendment passed by the 08 assembly must be passed by either the 2009 or 2010 legislatures then submitted to the voters at the 2010 general election the general assembly does not need to decide on a replacement revenue package until the 2011 session 3 what might such a replacement revenue package look like the particular answer will come from the 2011 general assembly and cannot be determined now if for no other reason than forecasting state level taxes and property taxes out that far would be a most unreliable exercise no one need be locked into any particular plan just yet however as an illustration that a replacement plan is feasible and less scary than many fear we don t need to be talking about a 12 or 13 sales tax in fact we should not be consider just this one possibility local sales taxes are generally very bad policy for a whole host of reasons too numerous to mention in this short sketch sales and corporate taxes are best levied at the state level it happens that roughly a 2 increase in the sales tax and a 2 increase in the corporate profits tax roughly take care of school propertytaxes the loss of local control by the state assuming school property taxes is minimal about the onlylocal control left is on building projects for local civil units a statewide average increase in the individual adjusted gross income tax of about 2 suffices to replace local civil government property taxes higher than 2 in some units less than 2 in others thus a 2 2 2 plan 2 sales and 2 corporate profits at the state level for schools and a 2 average on personal income taxes for civil units is about what would be needed this is merely a ballpark projection to 2011 there may be better plans it s really a policy question for the general assembly do you want to make the trade of something like this in exchange for no property taxes forever on anything everyone understands zero 4 are there practical problems of course the two identified are how to make the civil government transition from a property tax base to an income tax base and how to handle debt backed by property taxes without elaborating the former can be handled using locator software map quest type programs the debt problem might be handled by treating the current state paid ptrc s as in lieu of property taxes which they are and paying pt backed debt service from each unit s own ptrc conclusion total elimination of the property tax via constitutional amendment is the only way to give property tax relief that will stick the other tax action necessary to achieve this goal in 2011 are large but not so scary as a 13 sales tax they are feasible the question is for the general assembly are we going to once again go down that 70 odd year path of failed ptr policies or are we going to rip the property tax up by the roots posted by hoosiers for fair taxation on friday january 4 2008 our goal team hammond s commitment is to property tax reform and good government good government is the business of every citizen meetings of public interest team hammond taxpayers group general meeting regular meetings of team hammond taxpayers group are held the last tuesday of each month team hammond will be taking a break for the holiday season the next regular meeting will be the last tuesday of january 2012 happy holidays hammond city council meetings council meetings are normally held at city hall in the second floor city council chambers on the 2nd and 4th monday of every month at 8 00 p m contact us team hammond taxpayers group p o box 2037 hammond in 46323 phone 219 678 6761 email teamhammond yahoo com if you would like to make a contribution to help team hammond in its efforts for continued tax reform and good government contributions may be sent to team hammond p o box 2037 hammond in 46323 team hammond taxpayers group is a member of the national taxpayers union and the indiana property tax repeal alliance we are also filed as a political action committee any literature we publish is authorized by the team hammond taxpayers group it is not authorized by any political candidate website updated 4 22 10 how we tax and spend determines to a great extent whether we are prosperous or poor free or enslaved and most important good or evil charles adams author of for good and evil the impact of taxes on the course of civilizations useful links advance america advance indiana andy horning s blog citizens of 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