Be thankful they don't take it all
Last fall, Minnesota voters voted on an amendment to the constitution that would dedicate 100% of the Motor Vehicle Sales Tax to transportion (roads and transit). The backers of the amendment told the voters that money would be able to pay for the road work that needed to be done, now and in the future, plus it would be able to help develop transit such as bus, trains and other forms of transit and all without raising taxes! Well we were either sold a bill of goods, or the Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature are drunk on taxes for there are now proposals on hand to:
1) raise the gas tax ten cents a gallon
2) charge a wheelage tax on every car licensed in several metro counties
3) impose a .50 percent sales tax on the seven county metro area
4) imposing additional county sales taxes of vehicles
5) allowing cities and counties to impose vehicle "impact fees"
All of these additional taxes (and the last 2 were in the same bill) are ostensibly to "fund transportation projects".
Which leads to this question...were the people of Minnesota sold a bill of goods with the MVST Amendment? Or are the Dems drunk with taxation power? Either way, the DFL legislature are bound and determined to tax the lower and middle class straight out of the state of Minnesota. Once they do that, just who do they think will pay the bills?
1) raise the gas tax ten cents a gallon
2) charge a wheelage tax on every car licensed in several metro counties
3) impose a .50 percent sales tax on the seven county metro area
4) imposing additional county sales taxes of vehicles
5) allowing cities and counties to impose vehicle "impact fees"
All of these additional taxes (and the last 2 were in the same bill) are ostensibly to "fund transportation projects".
Which leads to this question...were the people of Minnesota sold a bill of goods with the MVST Amendment? Or are the Dems drunk with taxation power? Either way, the DFL legislature are bound and determined to tax the lower and middle class straight out of the state of Minnesota. Once they do that, just who do they think will pay the bills?
Labels: Democrats, MN Legislature
1 Comments:
Yes, and yes. All you need to know about the DFL is that their first efforts have been to raise taxes, and only after that will they determine where to spend it.
J. Ewing
By Anonymous, at 6:50 AM
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