We're off topic here, but I'm with you. I have no problems with luxory or sales taxes either.
During the last elections, there was a vote to raise our sales tax by ONE PENNY (1%), which was of course defeated. So, property taxes went up instead. The money has to come from somewhere - I say let it come from the tourists, and not from the property owners. For the most part, Florida does a pretty good job with this - there are no state or local income taxes here (this saves me thousands of $ per year over what I used to pay in PA), thanks mostly to huge taxes on hotel rooms, rental cars, etc. Let the tourists pay!
Oh, about the salex tax thing, items like food and clothing should be exempt, of course, and for big ticket items, you'd only have to pay on the first $5000 (50 bucks). It's not like you'd have to pay this when you buy a new car, etc... People are stupid though, so naturally it was shot down.
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11-03-06, 12:19 PM
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