"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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> "sharx35" wrote in message
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>> "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.
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>> Far better YOU pay that the tax for the stadium than millions of
>> residents who NEVER use the effing stadium.
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> And how many of us travelers ever used the effing stadium?
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Too .ing bad. I'd MUCH rather a bunch of strangers pay a bunch of
nuisance taxes than us homeowning residents.
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