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heili t1_iumeuga wrote

Berkheimer, Jordan, Keystone... they're all the same. The "revamp" of the local EIT collecting seems like it was completely made for these shady companies to roll in dough.

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ButtBlock t1_iundkes wrote

Exactly. The poll tax in our county required a 3 USD fee on top of the actual 10 USD tax.

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CreeperIan02 t1_iuqa1l1 wrote

... what? Aren't those immensely illegal?

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ButtBlock t1_iuqez25 wrote

Not in PA lol. It’s not actually a poll tax, it’s just colloquially called that. It’s a flat tax that every single resident has to pay. Regardless of whether they rent or own their house or apt.

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lukewwilson t1_iur14n3 wrote

Yeah we have that in my tiny township where I live in Western PA, we call it the right to live tax.

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