[box221]

A 1% wheel tax on a $30,000 new car in Tennessee will kill the new car dealership in Tennessee. Since we drive pickups in Tennessee, I guess it won't matter.

[GailA]

It will get your pick up too...all vehicles will be subject to the 1% property tax. I am willing to bet a donut that the trucking industry HB Hunt is exempt. Just imagine the cost of a plate on an 18 wheeler. The County TaxSerfs were sold the "wheel" tax as a fix for school funding and to air condition Memphis city schools....GUESS what only a small portion actually goes to the schools.

STATE BUDGET CRISIS WON'T AFFECT VOLS FOOTBALL Commentary By Bob Gilbert The solution to the state's budget crisis is coming into focus. The "do-nothings" in the Tennessee legislature will live up to their credo and do nothing. There'll be no tax reform and no tax increases. They'll adopt a deficit budget and force the governor to eliminate or cut to the bone most state operations, leaving Tennessee Vol football and basketball the only unscathed programs in higher education.

http://www.NashvilleCityPaper.com/index.cfm?section=7&screen=enews&enews_id=10691