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LogGrad98 said:
I have always been in favor of "luxury" tax structure for consumer goods. Food and other necessities should carry no tax, including on utilities, which is still bizarre to me that they get taxed, and then a sliding scale as as products become more expensive. If you buy a car, let's say, and you can only afford a used Corolla you would pay a lower percentage than someone buying, say, a brand new lexus. Of course there is already a form of luxury tax on high end automobiles but I could support a sliding scale that didn't just kick in at a single purchase of $100k or whatever.
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I prefer the flat tax idea with no progressive scales at all. Everyone has an interest in cutting guv spending. Everyone should have a reason to vote for less guv.
 
babe said:
I prefer the flat tax idea with no progressive scales at all. Everyone has an interest in cutting guv spending. Everyone should have a reason to vote for less guv.
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I like a flatter tax structure for income taxes and other taxes like that, but I like a sliding scale for consumer goods since you can choose what level of tax you want to pay through what you choose to purchase, and it helps redistribute some of the tax burden away from people that cannot afford it without just making exorbitant tax rates on a single segment of the population.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I have always been in favor of "luxury" tax structure for consumer goods. Food and other necessities should carry no tax, including on utilities, which is still bizarre to me that they get taxed, and then a sliding scale as as products become more expensive. If you buy a car, let's say, and you can only afford a used Corolla you would pay a lower percentage than someone buying, say, a brand new lexus. Of course there is already a form of luxury tax on high end automobiles but I could support a sliding scale that didn't just kick in at a single purchase of $100k or whatever.
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I agree completely.
 
The Thriller said:
The Utah legislature last year proposed a large increase on taxes. It didn't go through but it was eye opening when you think about how many of these same legislators are now whining about the Rio Grande area. Speaker Greg Hughes even proposed sending in the national guard to clean it up. The disconnect from our economic and tax policy to its effects are jaw dropping.
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Utah has lower unemployment and faster wage growth than most of the nation. Our states economic and tax policies while not perfect have been successful.

More affordable food and housing combined with greater access to health care and rehab would do wonders to clean up that area; Not tax increases on food or national guard rounding people up.
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I agree with you about healthcare and rehab for sure. As far as food we have a food stamps program, multiple food pantries, the Bishop's storehouse, free sack lunches at the Cathedral of the Madeline, and the Catholic dining hall all available to people in SLC. Food prices and taxes are not the problem.

The taxes that are hitting this community exceptionally hard are actually the tobacco tax and standard markup on alcohol. There are no smoke and booze stamps or organizations that hand them out for free.

Housing prices have gone up crazy fast but the most effective way to address it is with more units. We have a manual labor shortage and are approaching a land shortage in SL and Davis county. I have heard that the legislature has been considering setting some kind of density minimums or otherwise restricting a municipalities ability to set restrictive zoning codes. Hopefully they will find an effective way to do it so that we can maximize the construction crews and land that we have available.

Much of the issue with the Rio Grande is that it has become too dangerous for many people to even consider seeking help there. The amount of drug dealing in the area is way more than the homeless have money to buy. It has become a regional location for people to score drugs or cheap sexual services. The homeless simply don't have enough money to support all that. Much of it isn't their doing.

Many homeless people are just as if not more frightened by the area as your average suburbanite. We expect to live in an area free of rampant criminal activity. Why should we not provide a similar piece of mind to people down on their luck? My neighborhood has definitely been hit with spillover from the operation but I still think it had to be done. It will take a couple years to get the new shelters up and running. In the mean time people need a safe place that they can go to seek emergency shelter.
 
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LogGrad98 said:
I have always been in favor of "luxury" tax structure for consumer goods. Food and other necessities should carry no tax, including on utilities, which is still bizarre to me that they get taxed, and then a sliding scale as as products become more expensive. If you buy a car, let's say, and you can only afford a used Corolla you would pay a lower percentage than someone buying, say, a brand new lexus. Of course there is already a form of luxury tax on high end automobiles but I could support a sliding scale that didn't just kick in at a single purchase of $100k or whatever.
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Not true German. I remember the luxury tax expired in 2002 an Bush II an the republicans wouldn't renew it.

In Utah it is even worse. The people here do not belief in progressive taxation. Flat tax of 5%. Vehicle Property tax is based on year of vehicle stead of value. You kin buy a $3,000,000 Bugatti an pay the exact same property tax as thepoor single mom driving a Ford Fiesta.
 
Russia organized anti-immigrant events on U.S. soil:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/exclus...to-organize-anti-immigrant-rallies-on-us-soil

"Russian operatives hiding behind false identities used Facebook’s event management tool to remotely organize and promote political protests in the U.S., including an August 2016 anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim rally in Idaho, The Daily Beast has learned.

A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Beast that the social-media giant “shut down several promoted events as part of the takedown we described last week.” The company declined to elaborate, except to confirm that the events were promoted with paid ads. (This is the first time the social media giant has publicly acknowledged the existence of such events.)

The Facebook events—one of which echoed Islamophobic conspiracy theories pushed by pro-Trump media outlets—are the first indication that the Kremlin’s attempts to shape America’s political discourse moved beyond fake news and led unwitting Americans into specific real-life action."
 
LogGrad98 said:
I have always been in favor of "luxury" tax structure for consumer goods. Food and other necessities should carry no tax, including on utilities, which is still bizarre to me that they get taxed, and then a sliding scale as as products become more expensive. If you buy a car, let's say, and you can only afford a used Corolla you would pay a lower percentage than someone buying, say, a brand new lexus. Of course there is already a form of luxury tax on high end automobiles but I could support a sliding scale that didn't just kick in at a single purchase of $100k or whatever.
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Taxation is THEFT!
 
https://www.axios.com/russian-politician-says-russia-stole-u-s-presidency-on-live-tv-2484056561.html

Russian politician Vyacheslav Nikonov, a member of the Duma, said U.S. "intelligence missed it when Russian intelligence stole the president of the United States." He made the remarks on a Russian panel show, "Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov."

The episode centered on the U.S.' diminishing power on the world stage and the resulting chaos, The Hill reports. University of Virginia professor Allen Lynch told The Hill that Nikonov's statement was directed at the idea that the U.S. must be losing power if it can't uphold the integrity of its own electoral system.

Julia Davis, who monitors Russian media, first noted the comments on her Twitter account last night.
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