My fiance and I were recently discussing the gas tax proposed by Gov. Doyle in our home state, Wisconsin. You can read the article here:
Doyle's gas tax proposal
In our conversation, he proposed that rather than having this gas tax that Doyle has proposed, he thinks perhaps a luxury tax would be a more suitable option. Placing higher taxes on luxuries such as SUV purchases, cigarettes, alcohol, (he then pointed at our TV and added) 50" screen televisions, citing these as examples. These are all unnecessary to the average citizen, yet for some, important enough they would pay the extra dues.
What do you think? I myself am undecided as of yet either way. I personally hate the world "tax" and have a tendency to be adverse to taxes in general, however, understand it's need in
some cases and am interested in the ideas and opinions of others on this subject.
If it was your home state that was proposing this gas tax, would you be for it? Would you be against it? And if so why? What other solutions would you propose, if given the opportunity, other than gas tax?