WATTS: Is it time to buy into local option sales taxes?

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One thought on “WATTS: Is it time to buy into local option sales taxes?

  1. Sales taxes are extremely regressive, meaning they have a much larger impact on low income residents. They should be used carefully.

    Indianapolis could use really use a local income tax; a tax on income earned in the county. The current county resident tax does not cover the cost of all of these people that use Marion county roads, or police or fire protection while they are in Indianapolis.

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