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Hotkiss: 10.25% here.

Posted by ty97 Aug 3 '09, 08:40

They apparently approved a reduction to 9.75% as of 1/1/10...we'll see.

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Oh, wait! Are we doing sales tax? Those numbers are so absurd, I didn't realize. Here? 0%. -- nm - Mop (face it, the scale says 240 lbs) Aug 3, 08:53 1
- but you're not allowed to pump your own gas. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 09:15
This talk is because of the tax holidays, right? - con_carne Aug 3, 08:44 4
- Appears ours has been canceled this year. -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:45 3
  - You are not alone. I was hearing on NPR that the tax holidays are meant for boom times, not recessionary times. -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:46 2
    - I can see the argument. Then again sales tax holidays are aimed mostly at those people who are probably hurting more during a recession. - ty97 Aug 3, 08:47 1
      - because consumption taxes are inherently regressive, and hit hardest those who are already hurting the most. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 08:48
13% in Atlantic Canada. -- nm - Evil Beaker Aug 3, 08:43
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- damn, and all you could do was pee on him? - ty97 Aug 3, 08:43 4
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    - ya know. - ty97 Aug 3, 08:46 2
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      - Yeah, I had that wrong, as well. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 08:47
- A dong that's twelve feet long is no good for anybody. -- nm - nubby in NC Aug 3, 08:43 2
  - Flotation device, silly. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 08:46
  - Speak for yourself sonny. -- nm - Statue of Liberty si Aug 3, 08:44
10.5%, baby. -- nm - nubby in NC Aug 3, 08:42
crikey! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 3, 08:41 11
- It bugs me how often percentage taxes (sales, income) are used to cover spending gaps. - ty97 Aug 3, 08:43 9
  - Or when people overall have less money and need more services is also when they spend less and create less sales tax. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 08:45 6
    - That's why we should be saving during the good times, not spending to our maximum ability - ty97 Aug 3, 08:49 5
      - We want more! We want it now! And we don't want to have to pay for it! -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 08:50 4
        
        I forget who come up with this theory, but it states that in a developed democracy, an increasing tax burden is inevitable, as people demand more and - znufrii Aug 3, 08:58 2
        
        Oh, I remember now! It was my pants! (Their book is coming out this fall.) -- nm - znufrii si Aug 3, 09:02 1
        
        step off, bitch, that's MY book. -- nm - znufrii's cat-pee-infused couch Aug 3, 09:03
        
        US Economics 101, yes -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:55
  - Death to the sales tax! -- nm - nubby in NC Aug 3, 08:44 1
    - *giggles* -- nm - Epiphany Aug 3, 08:45
- (6.5% in my county) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 3, 08:43
(p.s. are clothes still exempt in NYC?) -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:40 1
- up to $110 purchases I think, yes -- nm - Hotkiss Aug 3, 08:45

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