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<p>[quote user="garr"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p>Using averages oversimplifies the issue. </p> <p>To paraphrase the saying of "How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you are standing"---How much 1% compliance costs depends on which side of the checkbook one sits! </p> <p style="clear:both;">[/quote]</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">That is a wonderful analogy for why you should not trust a statistic calculated by someone who has an interest in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I live in a small city that is crowing about how they are holding the line on property taxes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No property tax increase here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But on the tax bill, the city’s portion is rising faster than any other component; rising about 30% per year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="clear:both;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">So the taxes are either not rising, or they are rising, depending on whether you ask the taxer or the taxpayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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