New Taxes

[know1]

Do we have it that bad? Tn 10% sales tax, even on some food items.Az is proposing a 50% tobacco tax, and almost the same on beer.When they raise taxes on specific items, folks tend to move away from using them, so estimates of windfalls are hard to make.I'm for a flat 15% tax and that will take away all deductions, including luxurytaxes. And eliminate all state taxes, and let the federals hand out the money.Or some day we will wind up with a usage tax, on everything.Yep death and taxes, always has been ever will be.What isn't taxed?

I am for the flat tax as well.

But before any of that, I'm for government trimming it's budget considerably.

[Tim_T]

Tim I did not say that I or anyone else should use pot but if you look back in our country' s history liquor was made legal and taxed in order to help our country back during bad economic times. Our country has taxed and taxed again everything that they can think of. I am not saying that we should make pot legal at all.

Hey GR, I didn't think you were advocating it or anything. The biggest difference between alcohol then and pot now is that alcohol was legal and then was made illegal, which when legalized again was a little more socially acceptable.

[greenriverman1]

Thinks Tim I just wanted everyone to know that I was not advocating the use of pot. I do think that it does have a strong chance of becoming legal in the next few years because of government greed for our tax dollars. They have us taxed to death on everything else.

DA

[kygorski]

Fellows at one time cocaine was legal, not kidding.Also we could legaly buy some morphine drugs, and how many of you remember good ole G I gin?. You could get it over the counter, just sign the register. What happened? Its very simple, make a law against it, and it will go away, just like prohbition. The pols saw the success they had with that, and the next thing you know, gambling is next, to be illegal.That was a huge victory for the moral right also. We dont need more laws, just more common sense.