Moses smote a rock once and water gushed forth. Politicians found the rock for taxes and they just keep going back and whomping that thing:
A state legislator is proposing a new tax on candy, officials said.Sean McDonald reported that there's a new "candy tax" being proposed.
Democratic Rep. Catherine Mulholland of Grafton has proposed raising money for the state by putting a 50 cent tax for every pound of candy, which would be about 5 cents of tax on a candy bar.
"I just think the whole thing is really quite silly," said Dave Quinn, an employee at Can Otis Chocolates in Manchester.
As a candy maker and retailer, he would have to get multiple "candy licenses," which would cost his store about $450, and his store would be required to buy 'tax stamps' to be put on all candy, a cost that would be passed along.
New Hampshire, by the way, was the very first state to legislate a lottery, way back in 1963. What was the selling point used to bring the lottery about? That it would fund education, of course, the same thing Floridians were told 23 years later.
The candy tax sounds promising as it could be extended to so many other items, establishing in the code a kiddie sin tax which has been unaccountably absent so far. Think of the revenue that could be brought in from those decadent Happy Meals alone.
Posted by floridacracker at March 14, 2007 04:06 AMSo when are they going to tax air?
Posted by: Carl at March 14, 2007 11:14 AMTax candy? Is nothing sacred?
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If the lottery money had actually done anything to improve education then people would understand the odds...then where would the lottery be?
Posted by: marybeth at March 14, 2007 11:22 AMDon't these people know history? Decades from now, are we going to see a candy cane version of this?
http://www.goseacoast.com/detail.ihtml?lid=34&catID=12
Posted by: dorkafork at March 14, 2007 12:04 PMThe phrase "like taking candy from a baby" comes to mind.
Posted by: tfhr at March 15, 2007 05:08 AMHey Carl,
That tax on air? It's called a "carbon credit".
Posted by: tfhr at March 15, 2007 05:10 AM"....That tax on air? ...."
you mean the 'airtax' that was in the news *yesterday* ??
anymore premonitions , Carl ?
Posted by: csason at March 15, 2007 06:41 AMMaybe next will be a tax on thinking?
If so, Rosie O'Donnell, Bill Maher and a whole host of Hollyweird liberals wouldn't have to pay a dime.
Posted by: Carl at March 15, 2007 12:58 PMIts worse then you think in some places. Maine has had a 'snack tax' in place for many years now (I remember when they passed it as a 'temporary' *chortle* tax when I was a kid). Its essentially the same thing as this one, its a 5 or 7% tax on pretty much any small food item.
Posted by: Ryan Frank at March 15, 2007 02:10 PMI think I have come up with a tax solution AND an immigration policy AND a War on Terror policy that makes sense...
We (Americans) offer to anyone that wants to be an American citizen the following proposal:
The first five years of citizenship will include a
four/two contract in the military, as far as whether or not they will be identified as 'immigrant recruits' well, Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Second, the first ten years of citizenship, they will be responsible for double tax, double SS payments, the second ten years they would be responsible for a 1.5X payment.
If that doesn't work, then we could blame it on the administration !
We're all screwed anyway..they let people vote here who don't pay taxes.
That's like letting some guy screw your wife, and you raise his child.
Posted by: csason at March 16, 2007 09:01 AM