Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Service taxes just might work

Los Angeles Times
May 6, 2008

This article discusses the service tax that California is considering passing. This tax would be issued to help the economy generate revenue from the services being performed. Since California is seeing an increase of services being performed, the lawmakers believe that a new tax should be implemented in addition to the sales tax that the citizens already pay. This tax would help with public safety, education, road repairs and aiding the poor and elderly. The governor and the California Chamber of Commerce have already said no to this, but the Democrats in California are pushing for this added tax. The author of this article has presented all of the necessary facts to inform the reader of what is going on. Overall the author comes across as believing that the tax would be beneficial to the economy in California.

1 comment:

Elizabeth Antoon said...

The author did a good job by providing enough information to help the reader understand what he is talking without having to know anything about it. And I like that the author actually tells the reader what he thinks about the situation.