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[tabletop]

I'm thinking about raising some megahell over Richmond's latest and un-greatest tax hike

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[vespa59]

Heh. You said "eating out".

showing my ignorance

[dork_grrl]

Is that just a city thing? 'cause here, I used to do bookeeping for a restaurant, and the tax was the same as the sales tax on everything else... Yeah, you got taxed on everything, but I never done heard of a specific "restaurant tax". I guess if they have it in SF, but not here, it can't be a state thing... huh.

How you doin' sugarpie? we gonna see that sweet face of yours soon?

Re: showing my ignorance

[tabletop]

That's how they do it in civilized places. In SF as in the rest of California, there's just a tax. That's all. In some really goofy places, like Ohio, there are specific taxes for certain things. For example, soda is taxed higher than other things, and to go food is not taxed whereas food you eat on the premises IS taxed...it's really stupid.

Here is not quite as bad as the soda thing (you should see how they have to ring up a value meal at mickey ds in Ohio, hehe) as far as the break down goes, but hey, at least their tax isn't 11.5 goddamn percent!

re seeing my face: Gotta wait until November 16th. Then I'll be able to tell you more about when I can get the hell outta dodge...hehe. :)

Re: showing my ignorance

[dork_grrl]

Awesome, I'd love to be seeing you. I still need to send you pix, huh?

www.happyfuzzythings.com in the meantime ;)

[inkyblue2]

11.5% is over the top! i don't know what they're thinking. is it really the ukrops lobby? now that i think about it, that makes a lot of sense. pittsburgh has a monopolistic grocery store (giant eagle) also and i'd be surprised if they don't have a posse of evil lobbyists working around the clock to do things like this.

maybe now is the time to start thinking about your superhero threshold. at what percentage food tax will you be mad enough to put on the spandex, puff out your chest, and start bashing heads? i don't mean to sound preachy, but if you don't think about this stuff ahead of time then you're just asking to get stuck in a self-perpetuating spiral of "next time, next time..." personally, i'd say 15%. if it hits 15%, you can start by busting open ukrops store safes and distributing the money to the poor, which will lure the villains straight to you. then it's justice time.

[expunk]

i'd gladly pay that tax in order to buy cigarettes for 85 cents a pack or whatever they cost in virginia. of course, you being a non-smoker this means nothing to you. but they cost $7.00 a pack here. which is why it'd be so super cool if my good friend chelsea were to send me a carton of CAMEL LIGHTS.

[vespaden]

This is what happens when we cut Federal taxes, then cut state taxes... stuff still needs to get paid for. Hello city taxes for stupid stuff. Next thing you know, you have a 30% tax on your french fries. Viva Bush!!