Besides, why do I need TV when I have T. Rex, er, I mean Taking Down Words? (Not sure if I ought not apologize to David Bowie and TDW for that bit of ham-handed humor.) Sounds every bit as bad as I thought it would be.
From what I read in Daniels demands tax reform in speech from the Muncie Star-Press, I need to give it a look. I know everyone's interest lies in the property tax issue but his reforming of the child support system seems truly ominous. An administrative system?
About that property tax round up, here are some items I ran across the past week or so and have not had time to write about:
Doug Masson over at Masson's Blog writes about Governor Daniels and the income tax, Daniels opposes income taxes to reduce property taxes. Guess I share Masson's cynicism:
I’d like more information on why “sales tax = good” while “income tax = bad.” My cynical side suggests that maybe the income tax is more easily made progressive than the sales tax.Fixing property taxes soon may give us other benefits
Local assessors question cost-savings of eliminating their jobs
Lawmakers, residents discuss property taxes
Legislation aims to scrutinize tax breaks
I remain unconvinced that sales taxes solve the problem. See, I start with these premises whenever I read anything about taxes:
- We, the people, want government services. (Which is something the Libertarians never have figured out.)
- Businesses really want government services.
- Government responds by providing government services.
- We do not get the government services that we probably need or the quality needed.
- We are too cheap to pay for the quality or number of services we really need.
- Politicians try to keep their jobs by never talking about taxes which results in government being run on the cheap.
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