In her letter “Property taxes ruin seniors’ ‘golden years’ ”, Barbara Markle asked, “Anyone out there feel this way?” Yes, Ms. Markle, I’m sure there are thousands of us who agree with you.
Officeholders and politicians, please take note: The single best thing you could do to improve the lives of senior citizens is to reduce our property taxes. We are not asking that you eliminate them for us, unless you develop a plan to eliminate all property taxes. But how about an increasing reduction as we age — say a 30% reduction at age 70, 40% at age 80 and 50% at age 90?
We understand that some other taxes may need to be increased to accommodate this loss of revenue, but I (and likely many other seniors) would rather pay slightly higher sales or income taxes to be able to remain in our homes until death or health issues cause us to leave.
Jerald F. Lowry
East Huntingdon