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From our conversation with former McClain County Assessor, now newly-elected state Senator, Kendal Sacchieri on January 15th.
See the blog on our website for more information, but this video has to be the most important video you could ever see on property taxes and if it doesn't make you really mad, you might be a communist...LOL - no, but really!
See the full video on our YouTube and Rumble channels.
In our LIVE podcast with Oklahoma Representative Jay Steagall, Michael and Jenni talked about how to remove the scourge of liberty that is property taxes. (YouTube, Rumble)
Truly, if your home can be taken from you by the government for non-payment of taxes, the Founders of this country may well have not created a Constitution at all. Our entire system of government is predicated on individual liberty and there is no liberty if a citizen is simply renting his property from the government and cannot own the results of his own industry.
In this clip, Jay tells us that both lawmakers and citizens can work to place a question on the ballot that would remove the allowance for collection of property taxes from the Oklahoma Constitution.
As was discussed throughout the LIVE video (found under the LIVE tab on this channel) was the fact that, a use tax is a far better tax than the UNCONSTITUTIONAL collection of EITHER property taxes or income taxes and both of these must be removed from Oklahoma citizens as the burden to individual liberty that they are.
Kendal, Michael and Jenni talk about the CONFUSING part of school bonds - sinking funds, millage rates - so that you can understand how government schools purposefully keep your property tax rates high so that they can continue to bring in as much money as possible each year.
When will this stop? Can our property taxes ever go down? You might be surprised at the answer!
Find out what these things are and what is the Excise Board? How do are they involved in school bonds and property taxes? What about the County Assessor?
And don't forget, because of property taxes Oklahomans DON'T OWN THEIR OWN PROPERTY - the state does, so they can fund government schools.
Jenni, Michael and Kendal talk about how school bonds are often shamelessly promoted by the people who will make money off the projects the school bonds create.
Contractors, bond writers - organizations and individuals that make their living off of public schools (tax dollars) - promote or otherwise engage in helping the public 'decide' to vote for the school bond.
This is simple conflict of interest, yet because EVERY bond is FOR THE KIDS and anyone against the bond is painted as HATING KIDS, those with monetary self-interest in seeing the bond pass, are able to convince the public to vote for the bond.
Sadly, SCHOOL BONDS RAISE PROPERTY TAXES and because we owe property taxes to the school through the state Assessor's office, OKLAHOMANS NEVER ARE ABLE TO OWN THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
Think about that. You don't own your own property because a school "needs" a new gym or "needs" a renovation. This is wrong, yet it happens every year while people support it and make excuses for the system.
