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	<title>Comments on: No Hotel Tax, Hotels Say</title>
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		<title>By: Larry Littlefield</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry Littlefield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The lesser justified exemption I meant to write about is clothing sales.  It is also the most recent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The lesser justified exemption I meant to write about is clothing sales.  It is also the most recent.</p>
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		<title>By: Larry Littlefield</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry Littlefield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The argument is not framed correctly.  New York City has a sales tax.  It is 4%, with additional taxes going to the MTA and the state.

The purchase of some goods and services is exempted or favored under that tax, with greater (basic food) and lesser (justification).  Other goods and services are nailed with a higher penalty rate, with greater (cigarettes) and lesser (hotels) justification.

The tendency has been for more and more special deals and penalties to accumulate, not only in sales taxes but also in income and property taxes, and for the special deals and penalties to become less and less justifiable by any fair minded standard.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The argument is not framed correctly.  New York City has a sales tax.  It is 4%, with additional taxes going to the MTA and the state.</p>
<p>The purchase of some goods and services is exempted or favored under that tax, with greater (basic food) and lesser (justification).  Other goods and services are nailed with a higher penalty rate, with greater (cigarettes) and lesser (hotels) justification.</p>
<p>The tendency has been for more and more special deals and penalties to accumulate, not only in sales taxes but also in income and property taxes, and for the special deals and penalties to become less and less justifiable by any fair minded standard.</p>
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