I was reading the news today and this little gem came across about how the Supreme Court issued a bitchslap to Minnesota (Strangely 9-0 along with a 9-0 dickslap to the EPA--small victories I guess).
TLDR summary: Old Lady owed 15,000 in back taxes, MN seized her condo, sold it for 40,000 and kept the change. Seems like a slam dunk for the Old Lady but somehow it got all the way to the Supreme Court.
Anyway, like I am prone to do (much to the annoyance of everyone here at times) I had a WTF moment and decided to look into the details. It get WORSE.
(highlights are mine)
Interest and fees are 565% more than the actual tax!!! Yes you may sound compound interest occurs over time but even if just half of that is interest, thats a rate of nearly 25%!!! Talk about highway robbery...if MOST of it was interest thats over 30%
That's beyond the chuztpah of just seizing $25,000 from a private individual.
Then the fact that both circuit AND appeals court ruled against here on the basis that she had other debts (like a mortgage, and homeowners dues) so she shouldn't get the money. (lol you still owe but you cannot get the money from when we sold your house!)
I used to think some of you guys were nuts about the "we ain't voting our way out"
please note the verb tense.
Holy Fuckballs.
In case you want to throw things:
TLDR summary: Old Lady owed 15,000 in back taxes, MN seized her condo, sold it for 40,000 and kept the change. Seems like a slam dunk for the Old Lady but somehow it got all the way to the Supreme Court.
Anyway, like I am prone to do (much to the annoyance of everyone here at times) I had a WTF moment and decided to look into the details. It get WORSE.
(highlights are mine)
Interest and fees are 565% more than the actual tax!!! Yes you may sound compound interest occurs over time but even if just half of that is interest, thats a rate of nearly 25%!!! Talk about highway robbery...if MOST of it was interest thats over 30%
That's beyond the chuztpah of just seizing $25,000 from a private individual.
Then the fact that both circuit AND appeals court ruled against here on the basis that she had other debts (like a mortgage, and homeowners dues) so she shouldn't get the money. (lol you still owe but you cannot get the money from when we sold your house!)
I used to think some of you guys were nuts about the "we ain't voting our way out"
please note the verb tense.
Holy Fuckballs.
In case you want to throw things: