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[glatt]

The travel taxes piss me off. Everyone taxes the people who travel to their city whenever they can figure out how to do it.

I forget the exact deal with Las Vegas, but on the car rental, there was like a 6% sales tax plus another roughly 3% tax for some other government entity plus an outrageous 12% or so tax that seemed to be made up. Maybe it was called something like an "airport car rental tax" or something like that. It was basically just a tax on tourists. I should track down that invoice and give you the real numbers. It was unreal. It added up to 20-25% in taxes on the car rental.

That sort of a tax is easy to pass, because you are taxing other people. Few voters will be opposed to taxing the shit out of other people.

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by glatt

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That sort of a tax is easy to pass, because you are taxing other people. Few voters will be opposed to taxing the shit out of other people.

...and those being taxed did not have their say, so it's a loss of control.

[HungLikeJesus]

Originally Posted by glatt

The travel taxes piss me off. Everyone taxes the people who travel to their city whenever they can figure out how to do it.

I forget the exact deal with Las Vegas, but on the car rental, there was like a 6% sales tax plus another roughly 3% tax for some other government entity plus an outrageous 12% or so tax that seemed to be made up. Maybe it was called something like an "airport car rental tax" or something like that...

I was in Dallas two weeks ago and the $38 rental car ended up being $57 with taxes.