Deseret News | Salt Lake Chamber gives ideas for budget

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Salt Lake Chamber gives ideas for budget

Craig | 1:13 p.m. Nov. 11, 2009

Like the word or not, upping the sales tax on food and adding to the gas tax are both tax increases. You can call them user fees or any other euphemism but if you take more money out of the peoples' pockets, you are raising taxes.

Alicia | 2:20 p.m. Nov. 11, 2009

This makes sense to me. I like the ideas of the people who use the roads to pay for them. I have friends who use TRAX most of the time. I don't think that they should pay for my road use with their sales tax dollars.

Don't tax me | 3:22 p.m. Nov. 11, 2009

Surprise! The business lobby wants to increase taxes on food & tobacco - things they don't pay for; and gasoline where many businesses are tax exempt - unlike us real people. Way to share the burden, Salt Lake Chamber! Thanks.

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Surprised | 6:25 p.m. Nov. 11, 2009

I am surprised! The SL Chamber of Commerce didn't continue with its open border, and amnesty for illegal aliens agenda. So they are no longer pushing their cheap labor agenda to solve the economic problems? Perhaps they don't dare with the number of unemployed Americans willing to take the jobs that the SL Chamber claims Americans won't do.

No, they are happy to raise taxes on the rest of us, to help defray the cost of illegal immigrants.

RE: Don't tax me | 7:39 p.m. Nov. 11, 2009

Say this with me...."BUSINESSES never pay taxes. PEOPLE pay taxes."

Think customers (higher prices), employees (lower wages), owners (lower profits).

Although it would depend on the type of "business" tax, with 10+% national unemployment and many of those with a job working short hours, I'd put my money on employees feeling most of the impact of a tax increase on "business".

Bryan Kingsford | 8:00 a.m. Nov. 12, 2009

The best way for government to grow the economy is to get out of the way. More user fees are OK since people should pay for the services they enjoy, but don't raise taxes on everyone.

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