<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>








































































  <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
    <channel>
      <title>Comments On: Why Shouldn&apos;t the State Pay Sales Tax?
    
      by Betsy Phillips</title>
      <link>http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax</link>
      <atom:link href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Rss.xml?oid=2754062&amp;id=comments" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />      <description>Comments On: Why Shouldn&apos;t the State Pay Sales Tax?
    
      by Betsy Phillips</description>
      <language>en-us</language>
      <copyright>Copyright 2013 Nashville Scene. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Nashville Scene readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Nashville Scene.</copyright>
      <webMaster>wil@desert.net (Nashville Scene Webmaster)</webMaster>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>
      <lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 01:45:00 -0500</lastBuildDate>
      <generator>Foundation</generator>
      <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
      
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Why Shouldn't the State Pay Sales Tax?]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2759704]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2759704]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Pete Wilson]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[The state has been providing publicly available recreational areas and activities for a long time, Yogi. Golf is just one of them.
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Profile?oid=1497635">Pete Wilson</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:26 -0600</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.nashvillescene.com">Nashville Scene</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Why Shouldn't the State Pay Sales Tax?]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2758017]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2758017]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[yogiman]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[What's the state doing in the golf business to begin with? That's a simple matter of providing for entertainiment for a select few.
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Profile?oid=1996586">yogiman</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:48:07 -0600</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.nashvillescene.com">Nashville Scene</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Why Shouldn't the State Pay Sales Tax?]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2756088]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2756088]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Don't Ask]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[I'm tryin' real hard to get worked up about _any_ issues related to state-owned golf courses and the stuff that happens on them.<br>
<br>
Tryin'.... Still tryin'....<br>
<br>
Wait!
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Profile?oid=1495227">Don't Ask</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:01:19 -0600</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.nashvillescene.com">Nashville Scene</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Why Shouldn't the State Pay Sales Tax?]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755941]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755941]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Perry Aubric]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[Pete and Gilbert are correct. The state paying itself taxes is simply a shell game and would only result in added costs because of unnecessary additional accounting.<br>
<br>
Now the question about non-essential government activity is a good one.
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Profile?oid=2528563">Perry Aubric</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:59:46 -0600</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.nashvillescene.com">Nashville Scene</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Why Shouldn't the State Pay Sales Tax?]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755574]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755574]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Gilbert Martin]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[So, some select state departments - that get their money from taxpayers paying sales taxes in the first place - should pay sales taxes back to the same government entity that they are a part of.<br>
<br>
Like a dog chasing it's tail.
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Profile?oid=1492215">Gilbert Martin</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:22:06 -0600</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.nashvillescene.com">Nashville Scene</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Why Shouldn't the State Pay Sales Tax?]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755565]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755565]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Pete Wilson]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[Here's my unconsidered, naive response to "Why shouldn't the state pay sales tax?": If state-run entities pay sales tax when they buy things, aren't they just passing money around from one component of the government to another? Is this worth administrating?
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Profile?oid=1497635">Pete Wilson</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:17:34 -0600</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.nashvillescene.com">Nashville Scene</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Why Shouldn't the State Pay Sales Tax?]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755264]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755264]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Elmer Gantry]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[Of course, TNGA Rep. Dale Ford is wanting to cut the Tennessee sales taxes of these golf course items - he plays golf! Surely, you have not forgotten about the Nashville investigative television report that caught Rep. Ford out playing golf while the House was still in the middle of a working day on the hill?
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Profile?oid=1490013">Elmer Gantry</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:03:49 -0600</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.nashvillescene.com">Nashville Scene</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Why Shouldn't the State Pay Sales Tax?]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755217]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755217]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[megan]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[“It’s not a level playing field,” Ford said of the taxes imposed on state-run golf courses. <br>
<br>
I don't even know where to start on this one; you're right, Betsy, but the problem runs deeper than which of the rich's toys are taxed.
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          megan]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:59:16 -0600</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.nashvillescene.com">Nashville Scene</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Why Shouldn't the State Pay Sales Tax?]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755159]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/02/03/why-shouldnt-the-state-pay-sales-tax/#2755159]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Kosh III]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[We should abolish all the sales tax exemptions and add sales tax to services which are sold; e.g. with lawyer fees running at $300 per hour, how much could we raise if legal sales are taxes? Same for architects, barbers, accountants and many others.
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Profile?oid=1494126">Kosh III</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:03:45 -0600</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.nashvillescene.com">Nashville Scene</source>
  </item>
        
      
    </channel>
  </rss>



