We, ALREADY, Share Sales Taxes with Small Counties, NOW they want to Share Property Taxes, TOO.
Nevada
has Budget Problems, BIG-TIME, due to BUSH, the War-Starter, and his
Policies. His past and proposed tax cuts impact the States, in
several terrible ways.
Indian gambling and the national spread of gambling, along with drop off in air
travel, really are crushing this State of Nevada.
Just as the airlines are being bailed out, by Congress, with a $3.5 billion
loan, tourist-oriented states need help, also.
So now, Nevada is trying another attack on its more popular counties, to solve
a permanent problem with a legislative patch.
Years ago, the Legislature, dominated by the North Counties, with larger
cities, like Reno, Carson City, and Elko, passed a law, which required the
population-heavy counties to share sales tax revenues, which support schools
and other county services, and to send part of their sales tax to the low-population counties. This corrupt taxation policy has "brought
the chickens home to roost", finally, as all acts that are illogical will
eventually and inevitably do.
Confucius said it 2500 years ago. "Anything opposed to Harmony, has
no future."
You can substitute the word, "Logic", for the word
"Harmony", as they are synonymous.
The highly variable sales tax is tourist dependent and should never have been
changed to support schools, which was done to relieve the large property
owners, (read CASINOS), from their fair share of State Taxes.
Now, the sales tax drop-off is leading the same corrupt legislators to propose
that the same sharing method be applied to the City and County Property Taxes.
Illogical and unfair governmental policies will eventually and inevitably
rebound and crash.
What goes around, comes around.
Bob$$$