Sales Tax Holiday a Gimmick
Repeal Unfair Sales Act Instead

found online by Raymond

 
From Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson:

Gov. Scott Walker and some Republican legislators are supporting the creation of a sales tax holiday for school supplies. If all goes according to plan, the temporary exemption on sales taxes will be included in the 2017-18 state budget.

The timing of the announcement is not accidental. The bill for school supplies is still fresh in the minds of many parents. It’s also only two months until Election Day, so the happy news for consumers will be one more tally on the sheet for voting Republican.

The popularity of these sales tax holidays should be a caution to those Republicans who support replacing the income tax (state or federal) with the sales tax. While some economists prefer the tax on consumption rather than income, and some politicians make false promises of abolishing the IRS in the process, the unpopularity of the tax is evident in the 20 states that currently have the holiday.

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