Posted
4/08/2004 06:04:00 PM
by Douglas
Tax time in Texas again this spring, and Governor
Hair is looking at the most obvious places: Sin.
The governor . . . outlined a series of new state revenue raisers for education, including a $1 per pack increase in the state cigarette tax, a $5 admission tax on adult entertainment and video lottery terminals at racetracks.
Come on. . . Taxing strip clubs? That's just nuts. Look, we're already paying out the nose on property taxes, sales taxes, and school tax. Don't make us pay out of
other body parts, too!
And another $1
increase on a pack of smokes? What are they now, $4 a pack? Pretty soon they'll be up to $10 a pack like in New York City, where a pack of smokes now cost more than crack does.
Ok, cigarettes are unhealthy and annoying, but so are cheeseburgers. Where's the 60% tax markup on fast food? Thankfully, no one important in the Texas legislature is ever gonna reads this, because the Texas legislature would see this as a really good idea.