16 Comments
User's avatar
bobbert's avatar

Thank you.

Expand full comment
fuflans's avatar

so i guess he did need those lawyers offering advice after all.

was it barb that said 'simpler than a hinge'?

Expand full comment
JustPixelz: IV%'er's avatar

I don't know the details, but usually food, medicine, housing and U.S. flags are exempt from sales tax. Special interest groups will carve out more exemptions, raising the rate on what's remaining. Once it hits around 10% people actively seek to avoid sales tax. That's good news for amazon.com. So good luck with that LA.

Expand full comment
π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

This is good news ... for retailers just across the state line.

Expand full comment
Vienna Woods's avatar

Loved that show. And yet 3's Company ran for HOW long?

Expand full comment
π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

Cayman Island bankers are all in favor; everybody else, not so much.

Expand full comment
π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

Property taxes are a bit harsh, but at least there's a progressive aspect to them.

Expand full comment
π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

No complaining, LA, if a coporation rapes you: You were asking for it.

Expand full comment
FeloniousMonk's avatar

Of coursethere's voodoo in it; Marie Laveau is his principal advisor.

Expand full comment
MonkeyMotion's avatar

Dear Bobby,

Don't forget to add "Let them eat cake" to the legislation. Then it'll be perfect.

Your Lords and Masters, David & Charles Koch et al

Expand full comment
Comrade Wingtardd's avatar

I guess getting rid of the Stelly Tax (which provided for a great deal of university funding here) did not create enough of a crisis. He was able to literally gut the state universities that way though, so - SUCCESS. (I think LSU offers one or two foreign language degrees, used to be over 20).

Expand full comment
Lot_49's avatar

Here's an idea for consideration in Louisiana: instead of a sales tax or an income tax or even a value-added tax, how about a nice <a href="http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wealth_tax" target="_blank">wealth tax</a>? It impacts everybody and everything on an equal basis.

Might be a good idea for US America too. From the linked Wiki:

<blockquote>According to the "beneficiary pay" criterion of tax fairness, a tax on property rights can be seen as a use fee. Specifically, protection of property rights is a primary purpose of government. Holders of property rights enjoy the existence of government more than do those who hold no property rights. This is also true of ownership interests or stock and bonds.</blockquote>

Expand full comment
Lot_49's avatar

Tobasco sauce will be the new oil. Sure, a Bloody Mary will cost $15, but the potholes will finally get filled.

Expand full comment
JustPixelz: IV%'er's avatar

The other anchor babies fix things by fixing them. I like them better.

Expand full comment