South Tacoma Town Hall
If any of you happen to go to the Town Hall meeting tonight, send us a report.
The City Council will hold a Town Hall meeting in District 5 in Tacoma’s South End Feb. 28 at Mt. Tahoma High School, 4634 S. 74th St. Following a regular Council meeting at 5 p.m., the Town Hall meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with presentations on crime reduction efforts and neighborhood improvements in the South End. Citizens are encouraged to bring their questions for District 5 Council Member Connie Ladenburg and the rest of the City Council.
From the City of Tacoma Newsroom
3 comments
F fredo July 6, 2012
“That one-tenth of one percent won’t have much of an impact on the price of your latte and muffin”
I like the way you dismiss the impact of a sales tax by describing it in terms of a discretionary purchase. Certainly the liberal elite would think of tax impacts in terms of something frivolous like lattes and muffins.
There are lots of lower middle class and poor people in Tacoma for whom a latte and muffin might be an unaffordable luxury. People whose shopping list includes some used jeans at Goodwill on half price day and a couple rolls of toilet paper at the dollar store also have to pay an inflated price.Those are not truly discretionary purchases like lattes and muffins..J Jesse July 6, 2012
Be consistent fredo. You advocate for a minimum wage decrease/elimination but can’t handle a $20 a year increase in sales tax? Every dollar eliminated from the minimum wage is $2080 in lost income for the worker. Suddenly you’re concerned for the poor?
F fredo July 6, 2012
So the most desperate people in Tacoma who can’t find employment will lose income if the minimum wage is decreased? If they don’t have work why would changes in the minimum wage affect them? I don’t understand.
If sales taxes are lowered that benefits everybody but most notably the poor people because sales taxes are regressive in nature.
If minimum wage is decreased then some unemployed people might end up getting an entry level job and have more spending money.
There’s no inconsistancy. The poorest people benefit from lower sales taxes AND from lower minimum wages.