Counties in Dire Straights

Anybody wondering how Mitch and Co. managed to balance the state budget can wonder no longer, he took a page from his old boss. In the same way President Bush pushed unfunded mandates onto the state (No Child Left Behind being a very expensive example) the Indiana GOP has pushed budget costs down onto the counties. The results? New county taxes, first in the form of wheel taxes, but soon we'll start to see property taxes rise by 18-20% as school corporations are forced to make up the shortfalls.

But hey remember, Mitch didn't raise your taxes the counties did.