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Rickster: I remember the "temporary" sales tax. It came to be known as the "Levander Penny" after Governor Levander. It never went away, only increased in successive years.

I favor a fair tax. But that will never happen. In lieu, I would be willing to look at a "user tax", which would be the fairest tax of all. Wealthy people, who allegedly spend more money, would be taxed more. But then you have those at the bottom end of the income scale, like me, who would have to pay taxes on food, clothing and services. My solution...keep the exemption on food, clothing and services as they are essentials for all, including the rich. But tax the rest, equally across the board, and slap a flat 3% income tax on all income, including tax free bonds, securities and accounts set up out of state (that means South Dakota, Governor Dayton) or in foreign havens such as the Caymans and Switzerland. All this, must be accompanied by a reduction in spending across the board, but mostly in "feel good" areas such as environmental protection, teacher's contracts, roads and bridges (both could be sold to private party operators in major metropolitan areas and converted to toll operations) thereby costing only the users taxes.

These are only thoughts for discussion.

From: Do you favor Gov. Dayton's proposal to extend the state's sales tax to most services and some clothing while lowering the overall rate slightly?

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