Idaho is the land of cheap labor, cheap houses and cheap dirt. Employers have bolstered the cheap labor via the “Right to Work” laws and now they want to download yet another stream of taxation to anyone but themselves and their equipment. No question this is a really bad tax but who is left to pay the bills for necessary city and county services?

I can remember when Walter Reuther was prez of the UAW and Mr. Ford was showing off the latest robots of that day to replace human labor. Mr. Reuther politely asked Mr. Ford what he would do when there were no people to buy his automobiles.

I think we have reached the point where we have way more people than jobs needed to do the work at all levels of the modern workforce. It sort of reminds me of China where a guy was sweeping the street with a corn broom in the foreground and in the background there was a modern frontend loader doing the work of 20 men. A real dichotomy in my mind of how they do stuff in China. We may not be far off this work model in our futhre.

Robert: I’m sorry but I think it’s time business pay there far share. I think the’ve raped us enough.

Robert must be one of Romney’s 47%!

I have a job, thanks to “business.” I can buy food and supplies at “businesses.” When costs go up for businesses, they pass it on to their customers, who either pay the higher costs or become former customers. Enough former customers, and the business becomes a former business. (And when the “business” I work for makes a few bucks, they throw a bone to me, even though I’m holding up that totem pole.)

Yeah, let’s PUNISH the successful until they are no longer successful!

Why are so many people afraid of free enterprise?

Other topics of current interest:

BSU’s football season may be over, but they are putting together the first interesting basketball season in awhile. Go Broncos!

What’s the deal with every school in the area closing, on account of 2 inches of snow on the ground?!! Good gracious! What a bunch of simpering pansies we’ve become!

Personal property tax needs to be dumped partly because it costs a lot to administer and send in the reports. My proposal to replace the revenue is to tax internet sales which is unfair competition for local buisness and to change the way wind energy companys are taxed. The subsidys they receive go to the bottom line of companys such as General Electric and foreign owned companys. Not much of that revenue you pay thru the power company stays in Idaho

I’ve paid plenty of personal property taxes. I often wonder how much money Micron pays?
I don’t think machinery or equipment that makes money that generates sales tax or employs people should be taxed.

I’d like to see a tax on alcohol fortified beer. That stuff causes so many problems ending up costing taxpayers a lot of money. I have no problems with naturally brewed beer or alcohol. But adding alcohol to get you drunk faster ??

Ada County Elected Officials Swearing-In Ceremony, 3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 14, 1st Floor Public Hearing Room, AC Courthouse. Swearing-in of Ada County Commissioners Jim Tibbs and Dave Case; announcement of new BOACC chairman; swearing-in of re-elected prosecutor and sheriff.

Well considering the very businesses that want the PPT repealed (Union Pacific, Walmart, Micron, and Idaho Power all of whom can easily afford these taxes) is it no surprise that they know they have allies in Idaho.

Hm–editing has vanished. I meant to say adding alcohol to beer is the dumb idea, not taxing it.