cur-mud-geon:
anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner
Just when I began to think there couldn’t possibly be any more taxes coming at us Wisconsinites, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue proves me wrong.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled several years ago that it was illegal for Wisconsin to levy sales taxes on companies that do not have a physical presence within its borders.
Never mind. Wisconsin has been trying to join with 15 other states that are trying to find ways around this ruling. Our Governor was rebuffed in his attempts to get this through in 2004 and 2005. However, he is nothing if not persistent in his quest for more tax money.
The Governor’s new budget contains the changes he believes are necessary to enable the state to sidestep the Supreme Court ruling. Wisconsin estimates that it would collect about $4 million per year as the result.
With all the other taxes and fees (that come from the same pockets that pay taxes…yours and mine), wouldn’t you think we could be granted just one small “tax loophole” of our very own? Must we pay sales taxes on catalog purchases from out-of-state companies?
Is there no shame in our Capitol? Is there no common sense in our Capitol? Is there not the courage for someone to stand up to this added insult on top of all the injury already being heaped upon us?
Enough is sometimes just too much!
