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Regarding Honolulu real property taxes: Property values rise every year. Why does the city not cap property valuation increases to a maximum of 10% per year, for example?
Does the city give taxpayers a break? No. Instead, the city finds a way to increase spending to use up the extra tax revenue collected. Do you even hear how much extra year-over-year taxes are collected? The government does not want you to know.
Where is the fairness in this? Residents on fixed incomes are getting killed.
Paul Tamaru
Kailua
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