Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 10:13     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:Oh my ass. You're going to stop eating out because it suddenly costs a teeny bit more? It's always cost more than simply throwing a chicken breast, a potato and some vegetables in the oven.


Typical tax-and-spend liberal feedback. "Oh, come on, it's just a teeny bit. You don't hate children, do you?". When does a teeny bit become a not so teeny bit?
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 10:11     Subject: A meals tax?
Taxes, taxes, taxes=Democratic modus operandi.

Still, all the other local Demokratic gobermints already imposed a meals tax.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 10:05     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh my ass. You're going to stop eating out because it suddenly costs a teeny bit more? It's always cost more than simply throwing a chicken breast, a potato and some vegetables in the oven.


Don't believe me? Ok. It's not about the "teeny bit" of extra cost. It's about f.u. to the tax & spend democrats. And we don't eat much chicken or potatoes either. We eat mostly vegetarian.


It's this or the real estate tax. Or having larger class sizes and lower paid teachers. Or move to Arlington, which has a meals tax and a HS crisis.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 09:53     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:Oh my ass. You're going to stop eating out because it suddenly costs a teeny bit more? It's always cost more than simply throwing a chicken breast, a potato and some vegetables in the oven.


Don't believe me? Ok. It's not about the "teeny bit" of extra cost. It's about f.u. to the tax & spend democrats. And we don't eat much chicken or potatoes either. We eat mostly vegetarian.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 09:36     Subject: A meals tax?
Oh my ass. You're going to stop eating out because it suddenly costs a teeny bit more? It's always cost more than simply throwing a chicken breast, a potato and some vegetables in the oven.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 09:34     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.


Less cynically, every other area locally hams am meals tax. What's the rationale for Fairfax not to have one?


Loudoun doesn't. But even if it did, what sort of argument is "Well, every other county has one."? My teen is trying to convince us to buy her an iPhone using that same line of reasoning. Pretty juvenile.


It means it won't harm businesses, who are complaining that it will.


Yes it will.

Signed,
Np and a consumer
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 09:29     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.


Less cynically, every other area locally hams am meals tax. What's the rationale for Fairfax not to have one?


Loudoun doesn't. But even if it did, what sort of argument is "Well, every other county has one."? My teen is trying to convince us to buy her an iPhone using that same line of reasoning. Pretty juvenile.


It means it won't harm businesses, who are complaining that it will.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 09:07     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.


Less cynically, every other area locally hams am meals tax. What's the rationale for Fairfax not to have one?


Loudoun doesn't. But even if it did, what sort of argument is "Well, every other county has one."? My teen is trying to convince us to buy her an iPhone using that same line of reasoning. Pretty juvenile.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 08:52     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.


Less cynically, every other area locally hams am meals tax. What's the rationale for Fairfax not to have one?


There are only two rationales - taxes are always bad and this is a regressive tax.

Otherwise, it's a good idea for an aging suburb, particularly when other jurisdictions already have one.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 08:48     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.


Less cynically, every other area locally hams am meals tax. What's the rationale for Fairfax not to have one?
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 08:41     Subject: A meals tax?
All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 07:54     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is this in addition to the proposed real estate tax increase? Or in lieu of?


Fairfax is run by Democrats. What do you think?


I think it's in lieu of.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2016 06:43     Subject: A meals tax?
Anonymous wrote:Is this in addition to the proposed real estate tax increase? Or in lieu of?


Fairfax is run by Democrats. What do you think?
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2016 23:38     Subject: A meals tax?
Is this in addition to the proposed real estate tax increase? Or in lieu of?
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2016 23:24     Subject: A meals tax?
I didn't know this was a serious option. A meals tax referendum?

http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2016/06/supervisors-to-vote-on-meals-tax-referendum-tuesday/