Posted on 04/11/2005 1:58:30 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
tax by any other name stings just as much, the way Rep. Phil Krinkie sees it, so why not make it the law that almost any money state government collects from citizens be officially counted as a tax? A bill proposed by Krinkie, R-Shoreview, chairman of the House Taxes Committee, would do exactly that, defining as a tax any payment demanded by government except a direct price paid for a specific service, and blowing a rhetorical hole in his governor's proposal to raise millions in state revenue through new and higher fees, surcharges, revenue accelerations and so forth. Should Krinkie's bill become law, Gov. Tim Pawlenty's $200 million licensing fee for a state-tribal casino suddenly would count as a tax increase. So would his $36 million acceleration of sales tax on car leases.
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-Slick Willy Clinton
Social Security in a nutshell.
Hey - gotta pay for the light rail to nowhere somehow. Ish.
I still haven't rode that POS, but I'm so happy to be paying for it.
you mean it's not a "contribution" ?
Truth in advertising from an elected official. Who would have expected it?
>>> except a direct price paid for a specific service <<<
Why leave the loophole?
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