WSJ: This Tax Is for You

[Ilion]

WSJ: This Tax Is for You[^] A levy on Joe Six Pack.

[Rob Graham]

Good for Oregon. An innovative way to create job opportunities for smugglers...

[Oakman]

Rob Graham wrote:

smugglers...

The original "free-traders." :laugh: I do feel sorry for the governors of the various states. They can't print money to solve their woes; their predecessors spent every nickle on projects that would keep their party in power and saved none nor invested any in infrastrcture repairs; and they are being offered "free money" from the Feds only if they accept what will become unfunded mandates as soon as the Dems no longer have absolute power in Congress.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

[Rob Graham]

Oakman wrote:

they are being offered "free money" from the Feds only if they accept what will become unfunded mandates as soon as the Dems no longer have absolute power in Congress.

Heck, the "enhanced unemployment payments benefit" came with a built-in unfunded mandate: Governors who accept it must also continue to pay the benefit after the funds stop in two years- i.e. states are stuck with the extra payments after the fed stops providing the funds and must the n fund it themselves. Several governors rejected the offer simply on this basis. One even said he thought it would be illegal for him to accept the funds without instruction from his Legislature, because it amounted to institutionalizing a tax, and he did not have the authority to do that, as he understood his state constitution (either Texas or Louisiana, I cant remember which).

[Chris Austin]

Wow. Absolute stupidity. Maybe these chowderheads should call up Rick Perry and the Texas state Congress and see how well their ill fated margin tax[^] worked out. I personally know three business owners that closed shop as a direct result of this tax, one of my best friend's father nearly lost everything because of it and, several hundred people lost their jobs.

Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?

[fred_]

Taxing beer should be one of the 7 deadly sins :omg: