Massachusetts Senate OKs 25% sales tax increase

[darknessesedge]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2009_05_19_Senate_rejects_Patrick-like_19_cent_gas_tax_hike:_Income_tax_hike_also_di smissed/srvc=home&position=6

hahahha
keep those taxes coming folks..
the more the left raises taxes, the worse it will be for them in the elections.

[ChaosControl]

I hope they raise state income tax to 100%.

[ModerateVoice]

I can see a wagon train of folks exiting Massachusetts......well, the sensible ones.

[CaptainCrunch]

I thought the poor wouldn't have to pay taxes or have their taxes increased.

Why with all the billions of dollars pouring into the states from the federal level, I'd think they'd be cutting taxes!

[AeroEngineer]

6.25%?


Still less than Florida's...

[SonsofLiberty]

I hope they raise state income tax to 100%.

how greedy of you to want to keep your wealth while people suffer, you should be taxed 110%

[SonsofLiberty]

And they wonder why the northeast is losing companies and people

[tobybear]

senators moved quickly to lift the sales tax exemption on alcohol in package stores
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2009_05_19_Senate_rejects_Patrick-like_19_cent_gas_tax_hike:_Income_tax_hike_also_di smissed/srvc=home&position=6

Great! Now a bunch of Kennedy's are going to move to other states! :eek:

[countmein]

The new governor in Illinois is trying to raise income taxes by 50% here in our state.

[CaptainCrunch]

Once they tax all the poor people out of MA then the rich people will have it to themselves.

[CaptainCrunch]

The new governor in Illinois is trying to raise income taxes by 50% here in our state.

Wouldn't it be smarter to just have the government collect your check and then in return they provide you with some basic clothes, basic housing, and a bicycle?

[VirusX999]

Thank you God, for not putting me in a horrible state like Massachusetts. Liberalism running rampant.

[SonsofLiberty]

Wouldn't it be smarter to just have the government collect your check and then in return they provide you with some basic clothes, basic housing, and a bicycle?

gosh they tried that somewhere....hold on don't tell me....I know this one....

[SonsofLiberty]

Thank you God, for not putting me in a horrible state like Massachusetts. Liberalism running rampant.

dont worry, what your state doesnt take the federal govt will (and maybe even give it to other states ie Cal)

[darknessesedge]

I hope they raise state income tax to 100%.

me too.
and in calif also..I want to see the left tax itself into prosperity.

[darknessesedge]

senators moved quickly to lift the sales tax exemption on alcohol in package stores
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2009_05_19_Senate_rejects_Patrick-like_19_cent_gas_tax_hike:_Income_tax_hike_also_di smissed/srvc=home&position=6

Great! Now a bunch of Kennedy's are going to move to other states! :eek:

hahahah
ted cant drink for free now..

[fjccommish]

It's unbelievable that they're raising these taxes by 25%, 50%, in some cases doubling them.

[darknessesedge]

It's unbelievable that they're raising these taxes by 25%, 50%, in some cases doubling them.

its only $$$$

[59Flash]

6.25%?


Still less than Florida's...

Counties have a say in the tax. Mine (Okaloosa) is 6%.

[Mortis]

I'm so glad I don't live there any more.

Of course.... I live in Connecticut now....

[Clamp]

Pretty soon they'll catch up to Texas...

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/sales/

[Broseph]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2009_05_19_Senate_rejects_Patrick-like_19_cent_gas_tax_hike:_Income_tax_hike_also_di smissed/srvc=home&position=6

hahahha
keep those taxes coming folks..
the more the left raises taxes, the worse it will be for them in the elections.

PA is 6%, and has been shifting blue for past few elections. I'm just surprised that MA was 5%. Something in the 8%-10% range would probably fit them better, based on what I have seen from their politics.

Ask Mitt Romney what he thinks the sales tax should be there. Make sure you have a recent poll of MA citizens on what they believe to show him before asking the question.

[notluzn]

Maybe people need to look west to California and what just happen today.

[BostonPatriot]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2009_05_19_Senate_rejects_Patrick-like_19_cent_gas_tax_hike:_Income_tax_hike_also_di smissed/srvc=home&position=6

hahahha
keep those taxes coming folks..
the more the left raises taxes, the worse it will be for them in the elections.

Businesses near the border are already complaining. More reason for people to just go up to NH to buy things.

[darknessesedge]

Businesses near the border are already complaining. More reason for people to just go up to NH to buy things.

I heard that on Fox news.

[countmein]

Pretty soon they'll catch up to Texas...

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/sales/

But if I am not mistaken, Texas does not have a income tax either. It is more like a fair tax type system. In Illinois, you have a governor proposing increasing the income tax from 3% to 4.5% with a minimum of a 6.25% sales tax on general merchandise. In some areas up north, like Chicago, the sales tax is 9.25% on general merchandise. Don't even get me started on gasoline and cigarette taxes in this state.

[Clamp]

But if I am not mistaken, Texas does not have a income tax either. It is more like a fair tax type system. In Illinois, you have a governor proposing increasing the income tax from 3% to 4.5% with a minimum of a 6.25% sales tax on general merchandise. In some areas up north, like Chicago, the sales tax is 9.25% on general merchandise. Don't even get me started on gasoline and cigarette taxes in this state.

I hear ya. NJ taxes are heavy too...but salaries are much higher. I lived in FL for a while and there was no income tax. Not bad, but I'm making double in NJ what I made down there.

All & all though, taxes suck ass and the politi-bitches need to learn how to stop spending so much. Slash slash slash.

[Rurudyne]

6.25%?


Still less than Florida's...
Thanks for pointing that out.

A 25% jump in the base rate of taxation is not the same as a raw 25% jump.

[Rurudyne]

Pretty soon they'll catch up to Texas...

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/sales/
Yes, but we've no State income tax or some such.

EDIT: sorry, saw the followup to countmein.

BTW ... politicians who raise taxes apparently believe WE should slash, slash, slash.

[Clamp]

Yes, but we've no State income tax or some such.

EDIT: sorry, saw the followup to countmein.

BTW ... politicians who raise taxes apparently believe WE should slash, slash, slash.

Its crazy. Our schmuck, Jon Corzine, lied to get into office by saying he would reduce property taxes by 30% over his "first" term. The sales tax went from 6 to 7 % and we're still "broke".

Oh...and my property taxes went up.

[darknessesedge]

I hear ya. NJ taxes are heavy too...but salaries are much higher. I lived in FL for a while and there was no income tax. Not bad, but I'm making double in NJ what I made down there.

All & all though, taxes suck ass and the politi-bitches need to learn how to stop spending so much. Slash slash slash.

im in fla..
how are the house prices in nj?

[Clamp]

im in fla..
how are the house prices in nj?

Pretty hideous where I am. I'm about 30 to 40 minutes outside of NYC. My mother & sister are in South Central Jersey, which is cheaper, but jobs are few...

I miss that no income tax down there... :)

Which part of FL are you in? A buddy of mine is still down there and he said the property taxes went through the roof over the last 5 to 7 years...he's in the Port Orange/South Daytona area.

[TexasGreatGranny]

Pretty soon they'll catch up to Texas...

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/sales/

8 1/4%? whats wrong with that? At least Texas has money in the bank...

[TexasGreatGranny]

But if I am not mistaken, Texas does not have a income tax either. It is more like a fair tax type system. In Illinois, you have a governor proposing increasing the income tax from 3% to 4.5% with a minimum of a 6.25% sales tax on general merchandise. In some areas up north, like Chicago, the sales tax is 9.25% on general merchandise. Don't even get me started on gasoline and cigarette taxes in this state.

No, we have no income tax in texas... sales tax is 8 1/4% most places, some places less...What I will say, Texas is a conservative state pretty much...there is money in the bank at this time and the housing crisis hasn't hurt us like so many places...our unemployement rate was the lowest in the country a couple months ago. don't know about now. I do know that 70% of the job growth in the US in 2008 was in Texas.

[Old_Mil]

Shouldn't really surprise anyone, someone has to pay the bill for Romneycare.

[Clamp]

8 1/4%? whats wrong with that? At least Texas has money in the bank...

Wouldn't you prefer a lower tax rate and money in YOUR bank, not the State of Texas'?

[simssk]

8 1/4%? whats wrong with that? At least Texas has money in the bank...

Texas has money in the bank and Texans have money in their pockets. We don't pay state income tax. I'll take a higher sales tax any day of the year.

[simssk]

Wouldn't you prefer a lower tax rate and money in YOUR bank, not the State of Texas'?

We have money in our pockets, thank you. Sales tax is not that much higher than other states -and overall taxes are certainly much, much lower than average for those who pay state income tax plus state sales tax.

[Hellsbane]

Pretty hideous where I am. I'm about 30 to 40 minutes outside of NYC. My mother & sister are in South Central Jersey, which is cheaper, but jobs are few...

I miss that no income tax down there... :)

Which part of FL are you in? A buddy of mine is still down there and he said the property taxes went through the roof over the last 5 to 7 years...he's in the Port Orange/South Daytona area.

I think, if its like here in Georgia, property taxes are local. I would dare say, those taxes would likely be highest in Democrat districts as opposed to Conservative or Moderate districts........ which are growing fewer each year because of stinkin northern leftist relocating to the south.

[darknessesedge]

Pretty hideous where I am. I'm about 30 to 40 minutes outside of NYC. My mother & sister are in South Central Jersey, which is cheaper, but jobs are few...

I miss that no income tax down there... :)

Which part of FL are you in? A buddy of mine is still down there and he said the property taxes went through the roof over the last 5 to 7 years...he's in the Port Orange/South Daytona area.

tampabay..
your buddy is correct..
prices were crazy until the bubble popped..now they can be had really cheap.
im orig from upstate ny....I miss it, but the taxes are crazy...

[Hellsbane]

We have money in our pockets, thank you. Sales tax is not that much higher than other states -and overall taxes are certainly much, much lower than average for those who pay state income tax plus state sales tax.

Texas will do fine until they get overwhelmed by the leftist out of california and other places the left has screwed up. Then Texas will be in trouble.

[darknessesedge]

Texas has money in the bank and Texans have money in their pockets. We don't pay state income tax. I'll take a higher sales tax any day of the year.

agreed.
Seven states choose to impose no income tax. These states are Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. Additionally, New Hampshire and Tennessee limit their state income taxes to dividends and interest income only.

[darknessesedge]

Texas will do fine until they get overwhelmed by the leftist out of california and other places the left has screwed up. Then Texas will be in trouble.

same here in fla..the high tax me libs kill their own states, then hightail it out of them and move here, then try to make fla = ny/mass/calif/conn and so on.:rolleyes:

[Hellsbane]

same here in fla..the high tax me libs kill their own states, then hightail it out of them and move here, then try to make fla = ny/mass/calif/conn and so on.:rolleyes:


Yea, i mentioned that earlier. Its like the old saying; The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result each time. For people who claim to be so smart, they sure are idiots.

[ThinkingMan]

See - Gov. Patrick should have called it something besides an increase in sales tax. How about.....a carbon tax? Everyone hates carbon.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/02/logan_parking_costs_may_soar/

See - the climate change scandal works on so many levels.

[opsyscw]

removed the exemption on boozeWhat will the swimmer do now?

[Rurudyne]

8 1/4%? whats wrong with that? At least Texas has money in the bank...
We have "money in the bank" because we haven't been spending like drunken sailors.