Indiana communities wait uneasily as lawmakers eye food and drink tax change

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3 thoughts on “Indiana communities wait uneasily as lawmakers eye food and drink tax change

  1. As usual state legislators overreach, resulting in making a mountain out of a mole hill. Government need not throw the baby out with the bath water. If transparency and integrity are desired, pass a state law with new requirements so those goals are met. And let local governments decide when and how to impose hospitality taxes to meet local needs. After all, the government that is closest to the people is the government that is most efficient and effective for the people.

  2. Yet when Travis Holdman asked his constituents for the biggest issues affecting them, he asked about making teachers post learning materials, virtual learning (most of who replied apparently don’t even have kids in school), vaccine mandates, and foreign ownership of farmland.

    Funny how the parts of Indiana which are donors from the revenue generated in the Indianapolis area don’t feel like raising a little of their own tax revenue is appropriate. More reliance on the Indianapolis area, I suppose…

    https://cdn.zephyrcms.com/923cd4a7-695a-4fa1-9c42-08898fdeb618/-/inline/yes/isrc-survey-results-2022-holdman.pdf

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