The Utah State Legislature session begins on Monday. Here are my thoughts going in.
1. No one should be immune to budget cuts...no one! It's a tough economy out there. Many of us have needed to make sacrifices. I think that we all need to make sacrifices.
2. The private club requirement for bars in Utah is a nuisance and not a deterrent. People who do not drink alcohol usually do not patronize those establishments.
3. Get rid of the sales tax on food. Don't look for just one source to make up for that revenue. Use a variety of different sources. Raise the sales tax on everything else. Raise the tax on tobacco products. Put a tax on legal services...make the plaintiff pay the tax. (That would be a deterrent to law suits.)
4. Make the fuel tax a percentage of the sale rather than a per gallon tax. This will keep money for road projects coming as higher fuel prices force people cut back on driving. This will take away a financial road blocks to the promotion of higher fuel efficiency.
5. Make our governor look good.
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