02-21-2016, 02:13 PM
Don't like taxes... But it's long overdue to raise the excise tax. If it's a 1.5% bump they need to start targeted exemptions;
groceries and prescription drugs at a minimum. This would also allow the Lege to more equitably distribute the TAT and they could avoid raising that for a while to boot.
Please avoid the mindless harangues about governmental corruption and waste when opining on this. It's expensive to support the needs of the citizens of this state. As we proceed towards (hopefully) a tighter social safety net and improved basic services we have to provide the funding and the GET is the most significant source and ( with exemptions) the most equitable. It's almost always preferable to tax consumption, and even more so in a tourism based economy.
groceries and prescription drugs at a minimum. This would also allow the Lege to more equitably distribute the TAT and they could avoid raising that for a while to boot.
Please avoid the mindless harangues about governmental corruption and waste when opining on this. It's expensive to support the needs of the citizens of this state. As we proceed towards (hopefully) a tighter social safety net and improved basic services we have to provide the funding and the GET is the most significant source and ( with exemptions) the most equitable. It's almost always preferable to tax consumption, and even more so in a tourism based economy.