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Get Ready for 2.7% School Tax Hike

The Bethlehem Area School Board approved a tax increase that was not 2.1 percent, not 2.4 percent, but 2.7 percent when it finally adopted its new budget for the 2013-14 school year on Monday night. The budget and new real estate tax rate of

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HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY: Either way you look at it, the House-passed state budget is underfunding the state’s pension plans.
Elyssia Mathias June 18, 2013 at 05:28 pm
Who funds pensions? Where does the money come from?
NS June 18, 2013 at 07:36 pm
You do........taxes
John June 18, 2013 at 08:51 pm
And they are about to go up, huge! This number is going to be dropped in the lap of local taxpayersRead More to pay this bill. I will move out of this ridiculous state before I am left holding the bag paying people who feel entitled. In this case, the average Parkland teacher salary is @ $72,000/yr....yes, $72,000 for 190 days of work...and that includes the last 2 weeks of videos, films and field trips. NO!
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An interested bystander May 6, 2013 at 05:29 pm
Just pointing out facts. You are also forgetting that money withdrawn from an IRA or 401k (exceptRead More Roth IRAs) are taxed at withdrawal. I prefer my government not punish good financial actions. Sorry it's a quirk of mine, I think we should reward those who make good decisions, not punish them.
Tony Simek May 6, 2013 at 06:35 pm
I agree with you Interested Bystander. Problem is that if you punish the ones making the badRead More decisions, the Federal government will be punished all the time. In the current climate, poor decision making gets rewarded by voters. The middle class doesn't have a chance.
Bill May 9, 2013 at 05:11 am
Naziti and Caroline Johnson so sorry to take so long to get back to you from your comments onRead More Sunday, May 5th, I didn't think I would have to respond. I re-posted Ken's comment because the REAL issue is "AARP selling out it's faithful supporters for BIG MONEY. So let me break it down so even the Soros trolls understand. ObamaCare guts SS and medicare reserve money by 750 Billion. Which ends these programs as we know them. AARP publicly backs ObamaCare. Seniors confused about OCare but trust AARP and their massive ad campaign for OCare. AARP contributes to re-election AARP becomes insurance provided for OCare. Unleashes host of insurance options that Seniors will be needing to make decisions about in next 2-3 years. Complicate the choices for Seniors so they fall back on who they have trusted in the past. Still unaware of the great deception perpetrated by AARP. OCARE fully enacted 2014. AARP gets steady $$$ insurance income now (not $16 membership fees for whoever posted that line above). SS and MediCare bankrupt (3/4 trillion $ stolen to fund OCare) Result for SENIORS. NO SS or MEDicare it's dissolved or becomes something less. Free OCare that sucks. Pay AARP for supplemental Ins. Prescriptions too expensive to purchase so go without or pay AARP for better plan. AARP richer and more powerful represents Gvmt Seniors - Self rule lost You see they screwed the very people that paid dues for their protection!