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From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Sunday shopping
Keywords: maybe cynical surprisingly workable
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Date: 31 Dec 89 01:51:15 GMT
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I thought of that extra tax idea as a compromise as well, but didn't propose
it because in the end I doubt it is what we want.

First of all, there is the religion problem.  Jews would like to open Sunday
and be closed during the Sabbath.   It is not fair to them that the tax apply
to Sunday.   You would have to make it a "weekend tax" to be charged if a
store wants to open both days of the weekend -- but what a mess.

Finally, I am against higher taxes of any sort.  We pay far too many as it
is.

So you might say, would you accept 12% on Sunday if the regular rate dropped
to 7% on weekdays -- ie. revenue neutral?

Problem with this is that it drives the big ticket items out of the Sunday
business.  Who's going to buy that $500 TV on Sunday if it's $475 on monday?

The small ticket items might be ok, but then, who knows.

To borrow a phrase from Bush, "no new taxes."  Please.

-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473