I think your analogy works for someone with no kids. It doesn't work as well if your children are going to a private school.
"No...I live in a trailer in the woods with solar panels and 600,000 rounds of ammo to protect me from public school graduates...get yer foot off my snek"Why? Will private school kids, and their parents, be in a bubble that is not impacted by society at large? No, you are directly affected by the level of education around you. You may not even have kids, it's irrelevant. You want people with enough education to do the jobs that need to be done, to attract businesses to your area, etc regardless of if you have kids or not or where your kids attend school, if they do.
It's not every single purchase though. Most food isn't taxed, along with medicine and medical devices. Or labor. I've made a couple of sale tax free purchases this week alone.There were and are better ways to fix issues than to lock in a tax increase to EVERY SINGLE PURCHASE for every single person. Again, a deal with the devil that benefits property owners to spread their taxes to everyone, land owners or not.
Who is accountable? Why do we have surplus's, even with the broad govt waist that still goes on? Does our sales tax get reduced to compensate for the overpayment? Are we penalized for being efficient and having extra money to spend that overpays the govt?
The 17% part is a bit of hyperbole though. It went from what, 6% to 7%?
I realize that. But 17% makes it sound much more dramatic than saying he instituted a 1% increase in the sales tax rate.6% to 7% *is* a 17% increase.
6 * 1.17 = 7.02.
Signed - a public school graduate
I realize that. But 17% makes it sound much more dramatic than saying he instituted a 1% increase in the sales tax rate.
Yes, but you also know things get expressed in percentages when it is wanted to make them more impressive6% to 7% *is* a 17% increase.
6 * 1.17 = 7.02.
Signed - a public school graduate
Yeah, It's a good thing it wasn't a change from 1% to 2%, that would have been a 100% increaseI realize that. But 17% makes it sound much more dramatic than saying he instituted a 1% increase in the sales tax rate.
Fair enough.Sure, it frames the narrative in a certain way to provoke a reaction, but it's not hyperbole. It's the literal figure.
Exactly.Yeah, It's a good thing it wasn't a change from 1% to 2%, that would have been a 100% increase
If you are referring to what I think you are. No, that was the feds. When the auto makers declared bankruptcy the feds changed the rules for them. Well for the auto unions. The teachers union/IPALCO were "secured creditors" and should have been paid first, instead the feds said nuh-uh, the auto unions get it. Mitch and the state attorney general fought it.Wasn't Mitch part of the IPALCO fiasco that screwed all the employees of the retirement ? As for the schools, it is long past time to just call them indoctrination and babysitting facilities
Bingo…If you are referring to what I think you are. No, that was the feds. When the auto makers declared bankruptcy the feds changed the rules for them. Well for the auto unions. The teachers union/IPALCO were "secured creditors" and should have been paid first, instead the feds said nuh-uh, the auto unions get it. Mitch and the state attorney general fought it.
Yes, but you also know things get expressed in percentages when it is wanted to make them more impressive
Sure, it frames the narrative in a certain way to provoke a reaction, but it's not hyperbole. It's the literal figure.
It's not every single purchase though. Most food isn't taxed, along with medicine and medical devices. Or labor. I've made a couple of sale tax free purchases this week alone.
...saying he instituted a 1% increase in the sales tax rate.
And this thinking is why we can’t get anything done, ever. It was offset as I posted above. Are you going to figure the decrease?That was Mitch's selling point. "It's only one percent!"
In reality, it was a 17% tax increase.
That is not what we elected "a conservative" for, and he will never be elected to office again, if the conservative vote matters.
But you claimed it was on every single purchase for every single purchase. Also didn't IN balance their budget under his management?You are right, the 17% tax increase did not make non sales taxed items taxed.
It just raised the tax on every other purchase. Clothing, vehicles, electronics, utility bills, etc...
Are land owners the only ones who benefit from infrastructure, fire depts, police depts, etc? Why should property owners be the ones to bear the brunt, shouldn't it be spread?There were and are better ways to fix issues than to lock in a tax increase to EVERY SINGLE PURCHASE for every single person. Again, a deal with the devil that benefits property owners to spread their taxes to everyone, land owners or not.
Who is accountable? Why do we have surplus's, even with the broad govt waist that still goes on? Does our sales tax get reduced to compensate for the overpayment? Are we penalized for being efficient and having extra money to spend that overpays the govt?