Why not tax liquor and drugs?
I noticed in The Evening News on Oct. 18, 2007, that they printed another letter wanting more taxes on people who smoke. Yet these same people who write these letters don’t ask for more taxes on liquor. Liquor and drugs cost the United States $375 billion last year. Yet they don’t cry for more liquor taxes. Just think how more kids we could help if liquor taxes were raised. I guess its not really about the kids as long as no money comes out of their pocket. — Jon Hallis, New Albany Property tax movement not about wealth “Abolish property taxes to help the rich?” was Galley Collins’ question in his recent letter to the editor. Galley is more concerned about the impact on the rich than fixing a broken tax system. The examples Galley gave actually support eliminating the property tax as he clearly illustrated that the values on which property tax is being based are inaccurate. Property cannot be valued with any precision whether it is a rich person’s property or just an average homeowner.
