It's July 1st and the local sales tax went up an extra 1% in Linn and Johnson counties to upgrade schools. Since folks want to do good things to help improve people's lives (like better schools), I say instead of having the traditional "tax free" weekend as back-to-school approaches, let's give the "extra" 6% in savings from purchases to low-income families in Johnson county living at or below the poverty line who will feel more pinched than they already are with the new tax. Seems fair enough, don't you think?
This should help alleviate the sense that this is a regressive tax and do some good for folks who could really use it.
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