Local and state governments, apparently stimulated by the billions being thrown around the last couple of months, are now looking to get a piece of the action themselves! Good thing we are about to receive that extra stimulas to our paychecks huh? Judging by some of these new taxes, we are gonna need every penny! A sample:
“Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty has proposed a slew of new taxes (for taxes are no longer solitary creatures like wolves, but herd together in dangerous slews) to meet his city’s massive deficit. His first target: budget-busting street lights, which Washingtonians will now fund with an extra $51 monthly tax. Bottom line: if you expect to be kept safe from monsters lurking in the District night, it’s really going to cost you.
Nevada has also raised its so-called bed tax, which isn’t nearly as fun as it sounds. Its 3 percent hike was levied in March on travelers spending the night in Nevada hotels, most of whom end up in Las Vegas. Nevada isn’t alone: nearly half of states have a hotel tax meant to punish suckers foolish enough to leave their own homes, but as more sign on there’s danger of an interstate tax war. Once everyone has imposed a stiff nightly rate, who will be safe from harm?
Billions of dollars in the hole, California’s legislature is considering a blunt proposal from a San Francisco assemblyman: taxing legalized marijuana sales at $50 an ounce, a move its sponsor thinks could net the state about $1 billion a year. Oregon is considering a similar measure, taxing medical marijuana at nearly $100 an ounce. The taxes could really help excite the states’ economies, even if everything else gets sluggish for a while.”
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Thanks for posting the article, was certainly a great read!