dylking
join:2001-07-31
Saint Paul, MN
|  lost revenue?
An often-cited study by the University of Tennessee estimated that states, cities and counties nationwide lost a total of $13.3 billion in revenue in 2001 because of uncollected e-commerce sales taxes. Colorado lost an estimated $200.7 million in revenue, according to the study. The study went on to project that the loss will grow to $45 billion annually by 2006. How do you lose revenue you've never collected? That's like saying I lost 190 Million this weekend, because I didn't win the power-ball.
I wish these people would be a little clearer - a loss of 'potential revenue' would be a much more accurate statement in my opinion.
As far as the taxes themselves go, I think we're taxed enough. States need to cut spending, not increase revenue, IMHO. (tho that's probably getting a bit off topic  |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| tell that to my state, a few days ago i saw a Conn state government plate on a brand new BMW X5 SUV. hmm maybe they wouldnt be in debt if they bought Cavliers for state cars.
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Matrix_Zero
@attbi.com
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thank you. Potential revenue is exactly what it is. Its the same confusion that screws people in the stocks. Just because a stock drops in price, doesn't mean you've lost anything. Its potential, aka if you were to have sold it at its high, potentially you would have made ______. If you still have the stocks, you haven't really lost anything, you still have the stocks, you don't exactly have to sell them...
You want tax money, how about kicking the irs's ass to actually attack the big corperate jerk off's that are skimping on their tax's instead of leeching it out of the people who actually have to work for it.
No i'm sorry, wearing a suit, and sitting in an office on the phone as a ceo, and making the occasional decision does not qualify you for 100mil pay check a year. Especially when your running your company in a way that gets around alot of the taxings by "paper moving" your hq to bermuda. |
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91439306
15,000 Watts of Bass Power
join:2002-10-16
New Milford, CT | reply to Kearnstd
It might also save money if they didn't keep repaving the same section of I-84 three times in one year too! |
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