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In article <2vka8k$4r@crl.crl.com> dk@crl.com (David A. Kaye) writes:
+Bruce James Robert Linley (linley@netcom.com) wrote:
+
+: Is anyone else fed up with sales tax increases? Increases are always guised
+: as a "temporary" increase to deal with quake damage or whatever, only to be
+: made permanent later.
+
+It's because of Prop 13.  Counties can no longer count on property tax 
+increases to cover costs, so they have to do sales tax increases.  So, 
+instead of these tax increases going more toward the wealthy (wealthier 
+people tend to have more expensive homes, and thus pay more property 
+tax), the sales tax is spread evenly.  This allows the rich to get off 
+paying less, but getting better services (police will generally respond 
+faster to a rich neighborhood than a poor one).

Huh?  Beyond the basic food & shelter, etc., the wealthy are heavier
consumers than the poor.   The more you buy, the higher sales tax that
you pay.  A new Lexus/BMW/Caddie provides more in sales tax revenue
than a used Ford Escort.  Eh? Also the rich tend to buy more "garbage"
than the poor.  Please re-think your statement.
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