SporkyForks2 t1_je1cb82 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:24 PM

Reply to comment by AvogadrosMoleSauce in Connecticut Children's wants to spend $47 million on a parking garage in a city awash with parking by bomgd3

How about the hospital just pulls out and moves some place else. Problem solved and your taxes will sky rocket. Time for the people living in Hartford to take some responsibility for how their peers are destroying the city. Not taking away what little resources exist to help the tax base.

AvogadrosMoleSauce t1_je1ckas wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:26 PM

Hospitals don't contribute to the tax base.

SporkyForks2 t1_je2tk15 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:17 AM

You have no idea about taxes or life do you? Hence why you are probably financially in a hell hole and complaining about a children's hospital.

AvogadrosMoleSauce t1_je2up5r wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Doing quite well, thanks for caring. Government buildings and non-profits are exempt from property taxes. About 59% of Hartford's property isn't taxed due to this, including the hospitals. In theory, PILOT would compensate for this, but in addition to undervaluing property it has never been fully funded.