Is US becoming cheaper?

[Captain1]

Re: Is US becoming cheaper?

@JayR

Affirmative Action applied to minority men, and women of all races, assuming you were authorized to work in the US.

Average means average. If you look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fv1D…eature=related, it shows “Average federal employee wage/year = $66,558. Average private sector employee wage/year = $42,635.” with a source url.

I believe this comparison is not necessarily a fair comparison, as there is large population which works at minimal wage in “private” sector though there are million earning individuals too, do you have an apple-to-apple comparison that I can look, thanks.

Today I looked up property taxes on a $99,900 home in Arlington, TX. Tax was $3,990, and this is after the $15+ billion property tax cut Texas has had recently after a “property tax revolt” there.

Are you talking about second-home (usually a rental property) taxes? Can you provide a link to back up the statement? Thanks.

In most counties, assessments were going up 14% to 16% every two years. A decade and a half age, county assessments were thought to be 10% to 20% below the market value. Now, many are learning that their homes are selling for only a fraction of the county assessments.

Do you mind sharing the ball-park number of the “fraction” that you are speaking of? In Dallas and Collin county, the actual-sale home prices are still higher than county assessed value of the houses and taxes are 2-2.6% of the assessed value.