Lew Hodgett wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote:

Why? You're the one proposing a new law--it's up to you to
demonstrate that it will do what you claim it will. If you don't
have
the numbers to back your assertion then you're talking out your
ass.

The basic statement was that by imposing a significant increase in
the
sales/use tax it would reduce the available market.

You have not demonstrated that "reducing the available market" will
accomplish any desirable societal objective.

Your failure to understand that sounds like a personal problem.

Perhaps you might want to try Econ 101 to resolve.

Trying to introduce extraneous intellectual bull**** not
withstanding,
the base statement still stands.

I'm out of here.

Oh, if it were only so.

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