The plot thickens

Greetings
There sure is a lot going on. It looks like our wonderful state legislature is actually going to bow to the public's outrage over the state supreme court's decision to strike down I-747 and re-instate the 1% tax on state levies. But please don't be fooled by all this. I-747 only deals with tax levies and has nothing really to do with our state's policy of taxing us unmercifully on what they consider to be the true market value of our property. We're still being brutalized taxwise by being forced to pay taxes on what value we MIGHT have IF we actually sold our homes . To me, it's the same as being taxed for having a savings account!
The type of system we need is one where you are taxed for the actual price that you paid for your home plus a reasonable increase each year. Then if you do choose to sell your home, whoever buys it would thrn pay tax on what THEY pay for your home. We need a predictable tax system that would allow homeowners to budget for their annual property taxes. As I've mentioned in the past, my wife and I have lived on our land for 33 years and our property tax bill has increased by 400% in just the last five years. And 60 days after we did a refinance in January, our monthly mortgage payment went up 20% a month just because 2008's valuation increase which we received in March from Pierce County. (Almost 100% increase) This would be nice if we planned to sell, but this is not just a piece of dirt to us, this is our home and we had hoped to stay here for the rest of our life. Currently there is absolutely nothing to keep taxing bodies from jacking up our taxes by 400% over the next five years and the next. If things don't change soon we will be literally taxed out of our home.
And believe me, we're nor the only ones. All of my neighbors and friends are going through the exact same problem and everyone I talk to about this issue says the same thing. They're mad, they're frustrated and a very common comment is that a "tax revolt" might be inevitable and necessary. It's bad enough that there are so many foreclosures going on but now we're on the verge of losing our homes to taxes as well. It's like we're being penalized for just being homeowners. And God forbid that you mow your lawn and keep your place up because I guarantee that you will be be paying more taxes than your neighbor whose yard is full of old cars. It's just NOT RIGHT!
What kind of society will we have if only the rich can afford to have their own homes? What will happen to all the hard working poor and middle class people when a government that's supposed to be "by the people, for the people" taxes them right off their land.
I am more dedicated than ever to staying the course, I will be at the anti-property tax rally on the capitol steps in Olympia on January 14th, the opening day of the 2008 legislative session, from 11:00 to 1:00, being organized by a wonderful group of people at http://www.predictabletax.com. And I will keep talking to my state legislators until my voice and the voices of my my friends and others are heard. I will continue to peacefully pursue property tax law changes. If you want to keep your home, if you ever hope to retire in your own home, than I suggest you try and do what you can at whatever level you can. It literally only takes a few minutes to call your elected officials and let them know how you feel. If you don't use the rights and opportunities that our forefathers fought to provide, then you'll have no one to blame but yourself when they come to take your home.
Anyway, it's late, I'm getting tired, and I can't wait until this battle is won so that I can spend my time with the most important people in my life, my wife, my dog, my children and grandchildren and my friends. Politics suck and they give me a headache. By I will not give up until my home is secured.
I did here a wonderful definition of politics; "poli' meaning many & "tics" which are blood sucking parasites.
Have a great thanksgiving and please keep the faith....Pat