I hate and deplore and loathe and regurgitate and piss upon sales taxes. Regressive, hitting the poor, letting the rich off. Almost impossible ever to repeal. A permanent hand in the poskets of the poor, a permanent bye for the bloated rich, who often get the money squeezed from the sales tax. VERY un-Green. I don't care WHAT the supposed "good" use is - get it from the income tax or DO WITHOUT the service until people are in the streets and sitting in at the Leg.
--David Shove On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, ROBERT VELEZ wrote: > Tim Penny had mentioned cutting the LGA if he were elected and his solution > for those governmental units most hard hit was for them to then institute a > County-wide / City-wide sales tax or something. > > If Minneapolis was to do that by themselves, it would mean flight of > business out of the City to places like Maple Grove, Eden Prairie, and the > like. > > Perhaps Met Council could institute such a tax over its entire jurisdiction. > IF, and ONLY IF, the LGA is to be cut or outright eliminated. It should > also ONLY happen if the Met Council is a body of elected officials too. > Whether they be officials elected to another body and then serve as the > elected body of Met Council or perhaps elect Met Council in and of > themselves. > > Just thinking out loud; I'm sure the devil would be in the details... > > Bob Velez > Shingle Creek > Ward 4-1 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > _______________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
