Hello North and South Dakotans.

I thought I would ask here in the Dakotas HTF, because, if anybody knows it would be here.

I've been seeing this all day on Facebook, and in my e-mail box.

North Dakota Votes to Secede from Union

I hope this is not a dupe. If it is, please delete.

Thanks in advance.

Joe

Absolutely true...we have oil, ag, wind, tech, health care and controllable borders..unfortunately we will have to import our cars and trucks from Minnesota...C YA!!!!

I thought it sounded too good to be true.

Thanks for the responses.

Inaccurate.

The constitution mandates that the state fund education and doesn't stipulate what revenue stream is used.

Communities are able (per the constitution) to levy local taxes for a revenue shortfall if necessary. I personally would welcome more income or sales tax if it meant that I could actually own my property but that's looking at it as a 'WORST CASE SCENARIO'.

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http://empowerthetaxpayer.org/main/index.php

click on "Measure 2 Basics" and read and then decide for yourself.

Opponents of the measure conveniently forget (when crunching the numbers) to account for the savings of not having to asses and collect property taxes as well which comes close (I think) to around 100 million/year.

As for the oil/gas tax, the State is collecting approx 4.3 million PER DAY from that. That comes to over a billion/year. Some of it is being added to the 'Legacy Fund' however. The State is operating on a billion dollar surplus. States should NEVER being running on that big of a surplus. Never a deficit but not a massive surplus either. That's tax payers dollars that should be back in the pockets of the tax payers not in the bank collecting interest in a Gov. slush fund. So please tell me how we CAN'T afford to eliminate property tax in this State?

Look, I won't pretend the measure is perfect and there won't be issues to address as a result. With that said, that is why we have elected officials. It's their job to deal with such issues in a responsible manner and then be held accountable for their actions at the ballot boxes. For those (like the Tax Commissioner) to play the fear monger game by stating income and sales taxes would have to increase by 120% is not only irresponsible and illegal in this state but just plain dishonest. Let's see someone run a successful election/re-election campaign on a platform of raising income taxes in a state that is running a billion+ dollar surplus.

We have a chance to set a huge precedence in our country and lead the way in making our local governments operate within their means finally and not with a blank check. Passing Measure 2 would be a huge step in that direction.

Vote yes on measure 2, and Buy all of my taxable goods in Montana! Too bad the money I save will not recoup my fuel costs, even living in Williston...