http://www.taxgirl.com/philadelphia-struggles-with-revenue-woes/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:33:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.taxgirl.com/philadelphia-struggles-with-revenue-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-11034 DC Considers Hike in Gas Tax | taxgirl Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:13:37 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=3306#comment-11034 [...] to fight rising deficits. No run of the mill income/wage/salary/vocation tax increases here. Philadelphia wants to raise its sales tax; Oakland is taxing marijuana and now DC is considering raising… its gas [...] [...] to fight rising deficits. No run of the mill income/wage/salary/vocation tax increases here. Philadelphia wants to raise its sales tax; Oakland is taxing marijuana and now DC is considering raising… its gas [...]

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/philadelphia-struggles-with-revenue-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-10302 christopher ganiere Sun, 03 May 2009 04:21:12 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=3306#comment-10302 My home City is short $19M. They are trying to cut their way to balance. My home City is short $19M. They are trying to cut their way to balance.

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/philadelphia-struggles-with-revenue-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-10289 garagefather Fri, 01 May 2009 20:35:57 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=3306#comment-10289 When nobody is willing to cut spending, raising taxes and borrowing are all that is left. It probably won't change until the country is near total bankruptcy. As in Atlas Shrugged, the looters are taking control, raiding the producers, while completely rejecting the obvious repercussions of their ill guided policies. We have had 8 years of "cut taxes and increase spending" by Bush and now we have a president that has basically expanded on the same theme. Cut taxes and increase spending. I think most people would be happy if they would hold taxes where they are and balance the budget. I don't need any more tax cuts if all they are going to do is borrow and print more money, there by devaluing all the dollars I earn. Inflation will be the real tax increase we will see in the near future and no political party currently has a plan to change that. When nobody is willing to cut spending, raising taxes and borrowing are all that is left. It probably won’t change until the country is near total bankruptcy. As in Atlas Shrugged, the looters are taking control, raiding the producers, while completely rejecting the obvious repercussions of their ill guided policies. We have had 8 years of “cut taxes and increase spending” by Bush and now we have a president that has basically expanded on the same theme. Cut taxes and increase spending. I think most people would be happy if they would hold taxes where they are and balance the budget. I don’t need any more tax cuts if all they are going to do is borrow and print more money, there by devaluing all the dollars I earn. Inflation will be the real tax increase we will see in the near future and no political party currently has a plan to change that.

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