Schwarzenegger Opposes Internet Sales Tax

Schwarzenegger Opposes Internet Sales Tax

After caving in and supporting raising the sales tax, car tax and a few others he’s too afraid to mention, Gov. Schwarzenegger is still investigating the possibility of a random sales tax on everything else he feels he can get away with right now such as golf, your pet, your mechanic’s labor, your Sea World tickets, but has not come out in proposing a sales tax on internet sales because that is where he orders his cigars. Normally people wouldn’t worry about the sales tax on such a trifling item as a cigar, but evidently his cigars and their cost are not trifling items and the sales tax would be so significant his wife might not let him have them anymore. He says the tax increase is not raising taxes because it would be temporary for only 2 to 4 years depending on which way the wind blows. In two to four years some of us will be dead- sounds pretty permanent to me. He would like to put a sales tax on the fees that lawyers charge, but he is afraid of them and especially their clients who would pay the tax. He’ll probably decide to pick on accountants first- personally I would then switch to an accountant in Yuma. That way I could buy the incandescent light bulbs I need at the same time and get a cheaper tank of gas for the trip back.

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