Tag Archives: tax

Caesar Can Get Bent

What a crock."Did you buy anything through the Internet last year without paying sales tax at the time? If you did, state tax collectors warn that you'd better say so by April 17 and write a check—or else." "Online purchases from sites like Amazon.com and eBay may seem to arrive in a state of untaxed […]

Screwed Up Priorities

Which of these is more likely to help poor people, cheap groceries or cheap cigarettes? Groceries, right? Tell that to Mississippi's Republican Gov. Haley Barbour. Addendum 03/20/06:  Since Publius doesn't care for my "self-righteous indignation over an evil, greedy Republican supposedly screwing the little guy to benefit evil, murderous tobacco companies", I've decided to explain […]

Act 72

Pennsylvanian legislators have developed a plan for reducing school taxes. The alternate source of revenue would be slot machine profits. In order to take part in this program, called Act 72, school districts must opt in and lose some property tax revenue. The deadline for opting in is May 30. […]

Up in Smoke

I, for one, whole-heartedly support the cigarette tax. I consider it a tax on stupidity. Anybody stupid enough to risk cancer, emphesema, and other nastiness and rude enough to expose others to it, deserves to pay and arm and a leg for their death-sticks. (NOTE: My grandfather died after a decade […]