• silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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    11 months ago

    That’s what happens when you add in sales taxes, which are applied to everything. It’s not going to happen so long as it looks like a backdoor way to increase the tax over time.

    • lntl@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      so many reasons why it won’t happen:

      • backdoor to increase rates
      • hurts automotive industry
      • hurts ff industry
      • hurts poor people
      • hurts agriculture
      • hurts manufacturing
      • hurts retail
      • hurts small businesses
      • hurts big businesses
      • etc

      ultimately, one cannot make an omelette without cracking eggs