Governor Tax and Spend: Adds 137 Hikes while increase budget to $121 Billion
The Draconian plan calls for:
* An “iTunes tax” of 4 percent on videos, music or pictures downloaded from the Internet.
* A 4 percent tax on taxi, limo and bus rides. That means a $10 cab ride would cost 40 cents more.
* A 4 percent entertainment tax on tickets to movies, concerts and sporting events. That would add nearly 50 cents to a $12 movie ticket or $1.80 to the cheapest $44.50 seat at a Knicks game.
* The tax on beer increases 24 cents per gallon, or more than double the current rate, which means about 30 cents a case.
* An 18 percent tax on nondiet soft drinks, which aims to reduce child obesity. A $1.50 can of Pepsi would then cost at least 25 cents more.
* A 4 percent tax on cable TV and satellite services, raising a $100 bill by $4.
* Hiking the cost of “personal” services – including haircuts, manicures, pedicures, massages and gym memberships – by 4 percent.
* A 4 percent sales tax on clothing and shoes under $500, except for two weeks out of the year.
* Elimination of the law that caps the state sales tax on gasoline at 8 cents per gallon.
CRAP! This could give Kaine an idea!!
With the way the economy is all you hear on the news now a days is news of more spending. When is the Government going to learn to save a little.
By: Orange County Limousine Service on October 30, 2009
at 4:27 am
Government save? Governement? Why?…… they don’t have to when they can go to the tax payer anytime they want and get more money! Imagine if you could do that with your boss! Try it…go to your employer tomorrow and tell him the reason you are in debt is becasue he doesn’t pay you enough!!
How is that “hope and change” working out for you!
By: Scott Lee on October 30, 2009
at 2:14 pm