Tax man is Unfriendly, Boo Hoo!
by George Patterson Nov 2, 2005 at 06:20 PM


Skylune wrote:

Why not eliminate sales taxes
on tractors, to benefit farmers?

Apples & oranges here. Light planes are luxury items. Tax them too much,
and
fewer get bought. The only way a sales tax can work in conjunction with
an

income tax is to tax necessities.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him

George: U seem to be a reasonable guy, and your punch lines (Drink is the
curse of the land....) are awesome. But, are you seriously proposing
applying the sales and use tax to pharmaceuticals, groceries and
clothing, while having nonessential purchases such as light aircraft
exempt?

All I am saying is that purchase of an aircraft (and maintenance) should
be subject to the sales tax. Exempting it distorts economic behaviour and
means that other sectors must be taxed more heavily, in order to compensate
for the "tax expenditure." (Notice the period inside the quotation mark
-- I don't want criticism here!)