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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools, schools, schools,......my arse.

They ALWAYS  try to pawn off tax increases because "it is for the schools!".   This is totally insane. Basically, 10% tax increases in only 2 years on top of reassessments that always go up every few years.  They need double tax increases?  Really?

Newsflash. The economy sucks.  A lot of federal workers lost jobs.  Prices for food, insurance, and utility bills are exploding. Now they want to crush your housing affordability even more.

Is everyone's salaries going up to cover all these rising costs?  Of course not.

There isn't a single tax Dems have never not liked.  It's never a spending problem to them, only a taxation problem.  Cut the number of employees in MoCo govt. Make them pay more money for benefits. Slash their retirement and pensions.  Stop all hiring for 5 years.

They will just have to work more efficiently, boo hoo. [/quote]

We're spending less on schools now than 20 years ago. Computers and automation don't make schools cheaper to operate.[/quote]

FY07 approved budget for MCPS was $1.8 billion
FY27 recommended budget for MCPS is $3.8 billion

Inflation during that time was 62%.  https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ 
A 62% increase would have been $2.9 billion for this year.

Instead, the proposed MCPS budget is a [b]111% increase[/b] from 20 years ago. 
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Try it again with per pupil funding. We have more students.[/quote]

so where's the additional property tax money?  why does he need to increase?  more pupils should mean more gov revenue, but....[/quote]

It’s a complicated answer. Part of the answer is that Andrew Friedson has kept eroding the tax base by sponsoring full property tax abatements for new construction. Evan Glass has gone along with this. The other part of the answer is that rental apartment buildings generate less tax revenue than comparable condos because the methodology for assessing for their value is different. The county’s growth was supposed to have it swimming in revenue, but unfortunately the budget picture has gotten worse the more the county has grown. [/quote]

You didn't answer the question - you just spouted your anti Friedson diatribe.

According to the most recent fiscal plan update, there is a projected reduction of tax revenues because of "federal policies."

"Most of the decrease is due to softening in the county's property and income taxes in future fiscal years based on assumptions that the Federal Administration's policy decisions will result in reduced economic activity or a possible recession. The county's income tax collections lag economic indicators and revenue projections from the State."

"Property taxes are projected to be less than budgeted for FY26 by $24 million. This reduction is due to reductions in the assessable tax base from appeals and greater payments for the Income Tax Offset Credit than budgeted."

https://montgomerycountymd.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=169&clip_id=18433&meta_id=208644[/quote]

blaming the Fed Government and citizens for budget issues is crazy.

fact is the state is losing the tax base to other states way before trump came into office.  high taxes across the board is an issue.

https://www.mdchamber.org/2025/12/18/maryland-is-losing-people-to-other-states/

then overestimating budgets and then increasing the already heavily burdened citizen makes it worse.

this county has done absolutely nothing to recruit major businesses to help the tax base but instead looks to add more social programs

elrich constantly going back to the citizens to make up deficiets that he creates, creates more negative migration out of the county

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