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2013-03-18 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Detroit's emergency mgr. has tax liens on Maryland home

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Posted by 2013-03-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 I doubt tax liens will matter much when 50% of Detroit's population is skipping property tax payments. (but then again, it's not like the city is providing services...) I recommend nuclear-powered bulldozers rather than tax liens for cleaning up the city.

Posted by SteveS 2013-03-18 00:42|| 2013-03-18 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 What good are liens against deserted propeties?

Posted by trailing wife 2013-03-18 02:50|| 2013-03-18 02:50|| Front Page Top

#3 All real estate [property] is essentially leased and belongs to the government. Quit paying the property taxes and see how long it takes the government to find a new lessee.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-03-18 04:09|| 2013-03-18 04:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Quit paying the property taxes and see how long it takes the government to find a new lessee.
In Detroit's case, how long is "indefinitely", which indicates the actual value of the real estate in question ranges from zero to negative.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-03-18 06:58|| 2013-03-18 06:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Criminy, can't our leaders do proper background checks anymore?

We have public and extensive vetting hearings on Presidential nominees that appear to only require the person has a pulse regardless of the dark and troubling background/record of the individual concerned. Just ask Harry Reid if it makes any difference [other than being a Trunk].

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-03-18 09:23|| 2013-03-18 09:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Detroit's emergency mgr. has tax liens on Maryland home

It's an improvement from what they've had.

Posted by gorb 2013-03-18 10:09|| 2013-03-18 10:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Quit paying the property taxes and see how long it takes the government to find a new lessee

Uh, huh. Philadelphia (pop. approx 1.5 million) has approximately 90,000 people who have not paid property taxes. Detroit's deliquency rate is,as SteveS said, indeed 50%. There are similar stories across most of the blue states, though not as extreme as Detroit.

Urban area? Blue state? It ain't gonna happen.

Posted by Pappy 2013-03-18 12:05|| 2013-03-18 12:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Urban area? Blue state? It ain't gonna happen.

Exactly! Such a move would be discriminatory and racist. Farms and homes in fly-over, not so much.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-03-18 12:43|| 2013-03-18 12:43|| Front Page Top

#9 'Tis a "CYPRUS LIEN"???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-03-18 19:55|| 2013-03-18 19:55|| Front Page Top

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