Yow’s sales-tax proposal helps spread the burden
I may not always agree with Billy Yow’s politics, but his request to add a one-cent sales-tax referendum to the November ballot is absolutely the right thing to do. It spreads the burden among everyone to repay the millions of dollars in new debt (bonds) that the voters (property owners and non-property owners) have chosen to incur. It is not fair for one group of citizens (property owners) to bear the burden.
Paul O’Neal
Summerfield
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The assumption that renters don't pay property tax is a lie. Their landlords simply pass the increased property taxes along in the form of increased rent.
A sales tax increase is no more fair or unfair than a property tax increase.
A better solution would be to vote all of the developers, contractors and bankers off of our city and county boards and stop the funding of their own businesses with our tax dollars.
Bye, got to go to work and earn money to pay taxes.
Posted on June 2, 2008 7:23 AM
How about just eliminating the freaking burden instead of spreading it around?
Posted on June 2, 2008 2:32 PM
Ain't gonna happen AC, all a sales tax increase will do AT BEST is decrease the rate of increase in property taxes. Property taxes will not decrease, mark my word.
Interesting the sales tax increase was voted down May 6 but the county turns around immediately and proposes increasing it anyway.
Some on the blog point to the fact that conservative Billy Yow came up with this idea. I don't care who it is, anyone who wants to increase taxes, especially in the middle of an economic downturn/recession (choose your word), skyrocketing gas prices, and increased food prices is clueless.
Posted on June 2, 2008 3:43 PM
Clueless, clueless is voters approving over half a BILLION dollars worth of new debt when we still have not paid off bonds approved in prior years. First rule in business :when one finds themself in a hole, stop digging. In response to Billy above, I believe your logic is flawed. I personally do not believe that someone who is 18 years old, lives with mama, and hitches a ride with his buddies to work should be able to vote on a bond which raises my property taxes $270 a year. Bottom line, the debt has to be paid off. There is no other way to do it but to raise taxes. A sales tax is more fair.
Posted on June 4, 2008 10:17 PM
everyone should read Twilla's article
http://blog.news-record.com/opinion/letters/archives/2008/06/state_needs_big_changes.shtml
Posted on June 5, 2008 10:06 PM
oops!
here's the correct link..sorry!
http://blog.news-record.com/opinion/letters/archives/2008/05/reduce_county_spending_instead.shtml
Posted on June 5, 2008 10:20 PM