<div>Shirley,</div> <div>Don't you think they lumped it all into one bill so that it will go down in flames (all or none, and the odds of a 1.25% tax increase at this time are "none").<BR><BR><B><I>Shirley Ringo <ringoshirl@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Visionaries:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">April 4, 2006</div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Revenue and Taxation Committee just voted to combine some of the property tax relief into one bill transfer the .3% property tax for schools to 1.25% sales tax
increase; $75,000 homeowners exemption keyed for growth to the Idaho Housing Index.</div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This is to be voted upon tomorrow.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am very disappointed to be robbed of the opportunity to vote on the merits of these individually.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The bill, HB 876, is very complex.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You can be sure that many legislators will vote for it without understanding the details.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although I havent seen an analysis at this time (and legislators should insist on seeing one), I believe that middle class and lower income folks will not benefit from this change.</div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></di!
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