Here's an idea! Screw the poor
The drive to solve the state's financial problems on the backs of the those without lobbyists is gaining momentum.Rep. Kay McIff tried to convince the Deseret News editorial board that reinstating the tax on food is the way to go.
It has attraction because it's such a stable income source. When we took the food tax off, it made no difference in sales and when we put it back on, it won't make a difference either.
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce president Lane Beattie, of course, backed McIff to the hilt.We have to apply true business principals … we have to balance this thing.
5 Comments:
For the poor who pay no tax, perhaps this is an opportunity to give back to the community for a change. The dole is such a lifeless existence!
It would be nice if the food tax could go away. BUT, if it can be earmarked to fund social services that otherwise get slashed in a year like this? Maybe not such a bad idea.
If you want the "dole" to go away then maybe you'd better come up with something better than your abstinence only plan.
How about if all these government workers got off the dole?
I'm a gov't worker who sees to it only the deserving get assistance-- NO ILLEGALS GET A DIME!! Poor people come from every walk of life. Some where bankers, some sold insurance, some drove trucks, some just had a run of bad luck. Illness gets them and health care costs break them. This state pays pitifully little to the poor, but you can bet your fat ass the rich are sipping from loop holes in tax laws every hour of the day. I'm sick of miss informed losers thinking gov't workers are at fault. Gov't workers help you every day and you never see it. You drive on safe roads because a gov't worker patrols it. you eat safe food and drink clean water because aa gov't worker watches over it. Get a fricken life A hole.
I would rather have the tax on food than almost all of the ideas our Gov has come up with to replace it.
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