http://laist.com/2008/01/10/would_you_pay_a.php All comments for Would You Pay an Extra 1/2% on Sales Tax? en-us 2008 la_zach Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss tincanorange@gmail.com tincanorange@gmail.com 60 http://laist.com/2008/01/10/would_you_pay_a.php#comment-1269247 http://laist.com/2008/01/10/would_you_pay_a.php#comment-1269247 Comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:21:38 -0800 <p>Yes, I would gladly pay it. Make it 9% and a 3/4 cent increase so we can build these projects even quicker.</p> http://laist.com/2008/01/10/would_you_pay_a.php#comment-1268713 http://laist.com/2008/01/10/would_you_pay_a.php#comment-1268713 Comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:40:45 -0800 <p>Sales taxes are only slightly less cowardly than cigarette taxes. I do think that public transit is a do-or-die situation, but sales taxes are one of the most regressive ways to get it. In all honesty, it should be a property tax. Or at the very least a tax on gas or some other part of the automotive industry.</p> http://laist.com/2008/01/10/would_you_pay_a.php#comment-1268530 http://laist.com/2008/01/10/would_you_pay_a.php#comment-1268530 Comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:39:43 -0800 <p>Make it an even 9% LA is in desperate need of better public transportation. </p> http://laist.com/2008/01/10/would_you_pay_a.php#comment-1268374 http://laist.com/2008/01/10/would_you_pay_a.php#comment-1268374 Comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:02:37 -0800 <p>With a writers' strike on? Not a chance in hell.</p>