gambling summit

[Penguinfan]

I'm probably in the minority, especially on a board like this, but I am all for taxing things like gambling, cigarettes, alchohol, resturaunt food, sporting event tickets, concert tickets, etc...

I see no reason not to tax the things people are spending their extra money on, IE, things they don't need. Why just blanket raise the property or income tax that will affect people who can't afford it and probably will see zero benefit from the tax.

I just got my partial season tickets to the Penguins in the mail and I have no problem with the extra $3-$5 a ticket I paid in taxes on them, I would have bought the seats at $85 as opposed to $80 anyway, and it's something I don't have to have.

Let the people who have/spend the most money pay the most taxes, I will never have a problem with that.

Funny that people who gripe about cigarettes going up 20 cents a pack really never look twice at the $6 ATM fee in a casino.