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Originally Posted by Biggd
I think a sales tax would be better than an income tax but adding another tax doesn't guarantee that property taxes will go down!
Give the State more money and they will find a way to spend it all!
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For sure. I wonder if a sales tax is an anchor on large purchases. I know when I lived in MA, I put off buying big ticket items as long as possible (or went across the border to NH to get them if they were transportable). This was especially true of car purchases. It always chapped me to have to fork over thousands to put a new (or new to me) car on the road. Then fill it up with gasoline that is heavily taxed, then not long after that the town excise tax bill would turn up. Taxes on top of taxes on top of taxes... there's even a federal excise tax on your tires in many cases!