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The article says it's a response to a reduction in sales tax collected, so it would seem the goal is to collect revenue. A prohibition on raising the price seem
by Zak 7y ago
The article says it's a response to a reduction in sales tax collected, so it would seem the goal is to collect revenue. A prohibition on raising the price seems unlikely; that's not usually the case with other things that act like sales taxes.
- writepub 7y agoIt's always amusing that no one talks about more efficient ways to use revenues, than blindly increasing tax, when it comes to the government. Has ANY government service become any better, over time while taxes have constantly risen?
- cheerlessbog 7y agoThere are certainly jurisdictions that are arguably under taxed because they only have the funds to provide meager services. See: Kansas Experiment.
- moorhosj 7y agoAren’t lots more government services digitized now versus 20 years ago? Lots of forms and records you needed to be in-person to access are now available online. Many cities have open data programs where they make large data sets freely available via API or query. In Chicago, my local library and school have improve programming options over the past 10 years. Those are a few examples.