"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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> "Shawn Hirn" wrote in message
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>> In article ,
>> "- Bobb -" wrote:
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>>> Yeah but Out-of-Towners decide not to ever visit after finding out.
>>
>> Doubtful. Tourism in my home town is up significantly after heavy taxes
>> were placed on rental cars. This is in part because the taxes help pay
>> for some attractions that tourists enjoy. The taxes on a rental car are
>> also usually in such small proportion to the overall cost of a vacation
>> that most people don't even bat an eye over them.
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> No, you just get pissed about them. Avis had a sign about the excess tax
> in Houston to pay for a football stadium. Easy to rip off visitors.
> Since I was there on business, the company was extorted.
>
Far better YOU pay that the tax for the stadium than millions of residents
who NEVER use the effing stadium.
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