[symple_spacing size=”80″]I am sure that some of you have been wondering what is happening to me. Well, the Property Tax Delinquency Sale is on December 2nd and I have until 4:00PM December 1st to pay the 2013 past due property taxes including interest and a fee. And unfortunately for me I do not have the money.

Right now I feel as if I am standing at the bottom of a very deep well without any way of getting out and my dog Joey is barking at me from up above, wondering why I don’t come to him. And I am yelling for him to get me help. But, no one comes and it is getting darker and darker.

It is very cold and lonely for me at the bottom of the well; no one seems to have a comment of any kind for me. Why is there only the barking of a loyal dog and no human voice(s) to reassure me that things will get better?

This state stinks and I mean stinks at almost everything except collecting taxes, which they got that down to a science. A very unhuman methodology is at work here. There must be changes made to allow for the suspension of Property Tax collection during times of recession (or depression) for those who genuinely can not pay. Can our elected officials be that greedy that they would not allow suspension of this onerous tax? It should have been abolished anyway as it is a very unfair method of taxing people to pay for the local school system. The state really should be paying for schooling and do this by a tax that is based on income, not on worth of the property you own.

I was a good son to both of my parents and sacrificed much to help them. But, I have to say that they helped me too. I was one of my Father’s hospice caregivers when he was brought home to die of pancreatic cancer. And I took care of my Mom when she needed me to do the cooking and cleaning that she no longer could do. Also, I made sure she was doing what she had to when she developed kidney disease that let her with barely functioning kidneys. When she died I was lost in a sea of confusion and apprehension.

My being unable to find normal work, due to my bad knees, has been frustrating and I decided to sell items on Ebay to make some money. And of course I started this blog which is both a demonstration of my capabilities and a way of making some money also. It has been so bedeviling to me that I could not earn enough income to pay my property taxes. This is a very rare thing for me to do; I do not like not paying my debts.

For all those who think there are not a great number of people in very similar predicaments like me, think again. With the economy the way it is and the holes in the government safety net pertaining to single men there are more than you would expect. Also, the jobs for the most part are low paying and only part time to avoid having to pay for the employee(s) health insurance. Make no mistake that things are getting better, but not for the middleclass.

So in closing I will just say “Is anybody there, does anybody care?” Why have you who have been reading my blogs been silent, nothing to say? No suggestions? Well speak up and be heard. Use the comments at the end of each blog or contact Jumpin Jersey Mike or leave a comment on the Facebook page or Tweet on Twitter to me.

That is my opinion – Jumpin Jersey Mike