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Do NOT let this garbage get a toe-hold, or you will never, ever see the end of it.

Give politicians more money and they will not only find a way to spend all of it, they will always want more, and more, and more...

We used to have a 3% state sales tax- then they raised it to 4%... not bad, you say?

Well, not by itself, but then the local school board needed "more money... for our childen..."
( starting to get the drift? )

... to build new schools, hire more teachers- so they conned the local voters into passing a "splost"- Special Local Option Sales Tax...

We are currently debating the fourth hike in this, to 8%, and oddly enough- they still don't have quite enough money...

Even more odd? A few years ago, the School Board "lost" 7, or 8, or 9, or 10, or 11 million dollars- they never could quite figure out exactly how much they lost, the guy supervising the money got sick & died convieniently, the Grand Jury got nowhere fast, and people just kind of lost interest in finding out where all those millions of their own money disappeared to...

...the upcoming referendum, which will ask if local voters would support a half-cent tax hike to fund transportation projects.

Sounds very much like a recent Minnesota gas-tax increase...

But then the Republicans added a clause...
The extra money could ONLY BE USED FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES ( NO MASS-TRANSIT )

Then the democ-RATS decided to drop the whole idea!

TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS is DEMO-SPEAK for mass-transit!

This is yet another proof that a sales tax, unlike the income tax, is self limiting. Do you think they would have that many people upset about a 1/2 percent hike in the income tax?

The difference is that when people never see their money, as a result of withholding, they don't think of it as theirs. With a sales tax, they see the money leave their pockets every time they make a purchase and they realize, as abwehr said in reply 2, "1/2 cent here, 1/2 cent there and pretty soon you're talking real money".

A National Retail Sales Tax (NRST) would have the same effect on federal spending. Every time Congress would try to raise taxes, it would inspire mass revolt against the tax and spenders, just as it has in Virginia. That's why a number of people in Congress have proposed a flat income tax. That way, they get to "claim" that they have reformed the tax system, without actually making any significant changes or putting their gravy train at risk.

Imagine Congress actually being forced to cut taxes. It can happen. But, it will require the NRST to make the average man on the street realize that it really is his money.

Here in TN we fell a little short on revenues this year. So the Dems propose an income tax (we don't have any now) of 4.5%. Can you believe that? 4.5% !!!

They are pre-approving future spending for themselves.

The Dems don't have a clue as to the workings of capital in a free market.