Governor’s tax plan
To the editor:
Gov.
Brian Sandoval’s tax plan is one complete mess. His plan hurts the
little guy while providing for special interests. Gov. Sandoval says the
plan is for education and the kids. Yet residents continue to pump
millions of dollars into the education system in Nevada each and every
year and still come out at the bottom of the list for quality education.
A
large chunk of money that Gov. Sandoval earmarks for education will
probably go to the salaries, benefits and pensions of school
administrators and teachers. A good deal of the tax money will go to
public employee unions. The governor is looking out for public employees
so he can garner their support.
He
also put a burden on small business and low-income earners by
increasing business taxes and raising the cigarette tax. What a joke.
What
he didn’t do was raise taxes on the casinos in the state. The governor
and lawmakers in Nevada constantly give gaming a sweetheart deal while
gouging the little guy for more and more tax money. They also neglected
to tax the alcohol industry. If they can tax us on cigarettes, why not
alcohol? The gaming industry doesn’t want alcohol taxes increased.
Lawmakers
in Nevada also lie to citizens, passing supposedly temporary taxes that
would sunset, only to continue renewing those taxes.
Look
at Gov. Sandoval’s tax plan with a jaundiced eye. The only ones who
will benefit are lawmakers and public employee unions. You can bet that
millions of dollars collected through this punitive tax plan on the
little guy will go to them.
BRADLEY KUHNS
LAS VEGAS
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