[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Going Up!

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Going Up!
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1246376906.shtml


   Tomorrow, the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy sales tax takes effect,
   adding 0.375% to the sales tax rates in Minnesota. I said rates, not
   rate, because of course, there are many. In Wright County, home of the
   Albertville Outlets, you will pay 6.875% starting tomorrow. In
   Minneapolis, you will pay 7.775% for the same purchases, 0.9%
   percentage points higher. For every $10,000 in eligible expenses, a
   Minneapolis resident pays $90 more sales tax than someone in
   Albertville.
   Why? Well, Minneapolis adds a local 0.5%, Hennepin County opted for
   the 0.25% transit tax, and of course, we have the 0.15% Opat-Pawlenty
   stadium tax. But wait, there's more!
   If you have a brew at a downtown Minneapolis bar with live
   entertainment, you also pay a 2.5% liquor gross receipts tax, another
   3.0% liquor tax, and a 3.0% entertainment tax. That brings the total
   to 16.025%, often more than a dollar a beer.
   And the DFL wanted to tax that beer even more.