Glenn Tax 327.0
It's ever evolving, and not in a terribly positive way.
Glenn Richardson is holding open forums on his proposal to replace property taxes with a statewide sales tax, and even after some tinkering, it's a jumbled mess that still has the same problems as the first proposal (unstable source of revenue, lack of local control, etc.).
Worthing noting, everything would be taxed under the latest version. Your ATM fees to your membership at The Omni. Those golf lessons for my daughter in a few years? Yep, they're gonna be taxed.
Listen, until you let local communities keep control of how they raise revenue and how they spend it, then this thing is a non-starter.
Glenn Richardson is holding open forums on his proposal to replace property taxes with a statewide sales tax, and even after some tinkering, it's a jumbled mess that still has the same problems as the first proposal (unstable source of revenue, lack of local control, etc.).
Worthing noting, everything would be taxed under the latest version. Your ATM fees to your membership at The Omni. Those golf lessons for my daughter in a few years? Yep, they're gonna be taxed.
Listen, until you let local communities keep control of how they raise revenue and how they spend it, then this thing is a non-starter.
posted by Jmac at 1:35 PM
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Glenn's adviser on this is Arthur Laffler, who came up w/ Reaganomics. So, if you loved the deficits of the 80s and the growth of poverty, you'll love Glenn's plan!
Actually, it's Arthur Laffer - and that wasn't the only thing wrong with your comment.
Reaganomics spelled wrong?
Yes, Laffer --stubby fingers plus keyboard = typo, I'm afraid (though Laffler is perhaps more appropriate :-) ).
So, what, there wasn't a rise in deficits and poverty in the 80s?
in the 80's we learned that "trickle down" was meant quite literally - barely a trickle flowed down to small business and the middle class. I still can't understand why people think Ronny Rayguns was a great POTUS.
So, Mr. Laffer has produced another "laugher" of an idea and we won't see more than a trickle of our tax dollars coming back to us.
I still think this is just another campaign finance reform bill - mostly designed so that the Few and the Mighty in Atlanta can use our tax dollars to buy votes where they need them.
If I were Romeo Tax-Jesus, I'd be trying to shift public attention away from this stupid idea - maybe he should load up his car with bimbos and get drunk and crash into a tree...that usually works. ;-)
Al
I don't think local communities SHOULD have control over how much they get to tax. Local control is not a good thing. Perhaps that comes from living in Athens.
Then it's a good job you weren't elected and didn't have to make those decisions, then, no?
Anyone? Anyone? Something-D-O-O economics...
Hopefully NO locally-elected people will have to make those decisions or even be able to.
Local control is good for most areas of Georgia, but definitely not for Athens. As far as I'm concerned, Athens' local government should be completely emasculated with no power whatsoever.
"Completely emasculated"... I wish I'd had the presence of mind when I made that post to work in a snide observation about Elton Dodson.
"Completely emasculated"... I wish I'd had the presence of mind
And the fact you didn't reveals just how quick witted you are.
Maybe!! I certainly dropped the ball on that one. HAHAHAHA!
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