Comments on: Tariff for Revenue Only! http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2009/12/02/tariff-for-revenue-only/ "We beg no longer; we entreat no more; we petition no more. We defy them!" - William Jennings Bryan Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:57:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eli_Blake http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2009/12/02/tariff-for-revenue-only/comment-page-1/#comment-21390 Eli_Blake Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:49:56 +0000 http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/?p=5685#comment-21390 The reason of course why Democrats voted en masse against the sales tax ballot referral was that the revenue generated would only have backfilled holes created by other tax cuts, effectively transferring taxation from more wealthy people onto poorer people. If the Governor wanted to propose the referral without turning around and pushing simultaneous cuts in other parts of the tax structure I suspect she'd have more success. The reason of course why Democrats voted en masse against the sales tax ballot referral was that the revenue generated would only have backfilled holes created by other tax cuts, effectively transferring taxation from more wealthy people onto poorer people.

If the Governor wanted to propose the referral without turning around and pushing simultaneous cuts in other parts of the tax structure I suspect she’d have more success.

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