Posted on 01/09/2005 10:08:57 PM PST by claudiustg
What morons. What else can they possibly tax? How is this helping to spur on new business?
Typical democrats. The extra money their state would get in property and sales tax alone would be more than if Costco didn't move in.
How about that lady from the DMV trying to get us to be Taxed by the Mileages we put on the car vs yearly?
LOL that's news to me but she'd be a moron too.
The only ones feeling the pressure are the taxpayers. This tax proposal is just an excuse for the Legislature to continue to squander what little money is already in the budget.
LOL seriously it was circulating around for a while on here, i don't know what ever became of it.
In the last session the Legislature had thought of taxing fast food, junk food, and soft drinks.
How about a catchall fun tax?
Don't give 'em ideas. :P LOL
My first prediction after the Democrat wins this last election was that we'd start hearing a lot about how badly money was needed for education. Under the Democrats education will get a lot more expensive but not any better. Take a look at California. With the Dims money for education is a religion.
Walmarts, KMart and Costco ought to shut down until the vote.
HA!
Costco is a huge contributor to the democrats.
This is sweet.
I'm from California, so I know "stupid" when I see it.
I always believed that red states had better sense. Is Montana red? I can't remember.
Guess the Montanans still haven't figured out the smoke and mirrors game here: Businesses like these never pay increased new taxes. Their customers do. The businesses just collect the taxes for the cockroaches as increased prices. Forever. Or until the tax is repealed. Whichever comes first.
How irredeemably dumb do you have to be to not see that?
I see a $60 million reduction in tax revenues when larger existing businesses (lower prices) start fleeing across the state line.
...where did all the businesses go? Hellllooooo ?
It's typical Liberalism. Throw money on the problem and hope the problem goes away.
Wal-Mart will be able to afford this, if indeed it goes through. I look at a proposed Super Wal-Mart in Minot, North Dakota. The city of Minot said Wal-Mart could build a Super Wal-Mart within the city limits as long as Wal-Mart paid for the street lights, signs, and paved highway to the proposed site.
Wal-Mart agreed, and the plans are going forward.
I fill scripts at Costco and buy "some" other items
from time to time, but I truly hate to give them my business.
I've driven by a number of Costco stores, but I have never set foot in one.
I typically shop at Wal-Mart for items such as toiletry items, household cleaning items, paper towels, toilet paper, soda pop, and hearing aid batteries. Each of these items I can buy in bulk and still save money. I could never buy in bulk and save money at the local grocery store.
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