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  • #16
    A little story from a few years back...

    Liberal Democrats in Congress wanted a luxury tax...and yachts were targeted... They got their tax (before the GOP took the House in '94 I believe), and a year or 3 later they were asking to exempt yachts built in New England. Why? Because people were losing their jobs in the boat building industry. Hooray for the luxury tax!

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    • #17
      Education should be the absolute last thing any government cuts. That really is the future right there so if they piss on education they're pissing in America's future.
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      • #18
        Re: Re: Tax-Free Yachts.

        Originally posted by DinoDoc
        Which party is in the majority in CA government?
        If you knew a thing about California then you'd know that in the 1970's they made it so any tax increase needed a super majority approval (2/3rds) to pass. Even if Republicans control just 1/3 of the seats then they can block all sorts of stuff.

        That's why education gets cut so that millionaires still get tax free yachts.
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        • #19
          Originally posted by Berzerker
          A little story from a few years back...

          Liberal Democrats in Congress wanted a luxury tax...and yachts were targeted... They got their tax (before the GOP took the House in '94 I believe), and a year or 3 later they were asking to exempt yachts built in New England. Why? Because people were losing their jobs in the boat building industry. Hooray for the luxury tax!
          The same argument could be made for cars or just about anything else. Bottom line the budget still needs to be balanced and anything is better then cutting education.
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          • #20
            Every tax is going to take jobs away. That's not a good reason to not have a tax on something.
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            • #21
              The same argument could be made for cars or just about anything else. Bottom line the budget still needs to be balanced and anything is better then cutting education.
              Yeah, taxes destroy jobs

              How much do they shell out for illegals?

              Every tax is going to take jobs away. That's not a good reason to not have a tax on something.
              I'm not much into social engineering but I'd think our boatbuilding industry is more important than alot of things we're wasting money on.

              But what does the history I've posted tell you? If the Dems get their way it'll cost jobs and a few years from now alot of them will be asking for relief from the tax. These political games hurt business, people need some stability and not have their lively hoods thrown to the winds of political partisanship and public opinion.

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              • #22
                Re: Re: Re: Tax-Free Yachts.

                Originally posted by Oerdin
                That's why education gets cut so that millionaires still get tax free yachts.
                Well maybe if CA didn't overspend, they wouldn't have to cut education.

                Pop Quiz: A) What's the budget shortfall? B) What amount will closing the loophole bring in?
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Berzerker
                  I'm not much into social engineering but I'd think our boatbuilding industry is more important than alot of things we're wasting money on.
                  Oh, right, like education. That's brillliant.

                  But what does the history I've posted tell you? If the Dems get their way it'll cost jobs and a few years from now alot of them will be asking for relief from the tax. These political games hurt business, people need some stability and not have their lively hoods thrown to the winds of political partisanship and public opinion.
                  The tax should never have been exempt in the first place. It's as bad as a subsidy.
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                  • #24
                    hell, if yachts are really tax free that aint fair to other businesses. I thought this was about an additional tax but if its just leveling the playing field thats no biggie. Sounds like some political BS went on to keep yachts tax free in the first place.

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                    • #25
                      Just do away with education, let the Cali kids learn sailing from their fathers and continue to let the Mexicans do the work.
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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Berzerker


                        Yeah, taxes destroy jobs
                        No, not really. More likely it discourages job growth but it is a balancing act. Education, roads, railroads, and other development also create jobs but cost money. Repugs deliberately ignore that fact.

                        If they got their way no one would pay any taxes and America would look like Somalia were there are no schools, no laws, no government, just survival of who has the most gunmen.
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                        • #27
                          There's a simple solution to this problem, Oerdin. CA could get rid of the Balanced Budget requirement which would get rid of the need to make cuts.
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by DinoDoc
                            There's a simple solution to this problem, Oerdin. CA could get rid of the Balanced Budget requirement which would get rid of the need to make cuts.
                            It's a lot simpler not to give rich people tax cuts.
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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Kidicious
                              It's a lot simpler not to give rich people tax cuts.
                              Somehow I don't think that would make up for CA's overspending wrt its income.

                              You could answer my pop quiz if you wish to argue otherwise.
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                              For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                              • #30
                                Re: Re: Re: Re: Tax-Free Yachts.

                                Originally posted by DinoDoc
                                Well maybe if CA didn't overspend, they wouldn't have to cut education.

                                Pop Quiz: A) What's the budget shortfall? B) What amount will closing the loophole bring in?
                                Education is about a third of the budget. You see you couldn't balance the budget either. It's much easier just to complain.
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