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by KLB
Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:43 pm
Forum: 2019 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: HB 2849 - 1% Tax on Firearms, Ammo, Accessories to fund mental health services
Replies: 8
Views: 6161

Re: HB 2849 - 1% Tax on Firearms, Ammo, Accessories to fund mental health services

Lynyrd wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 1:58 pm If taxation on firearms gets started, some liberals could see it as a way to tax the industry out of existence.
The power to tax is the power to destroy--Daniel Webster.
by KLB
Mon Mar 04, 2019 12:50 pm
Forum: 2019 Texas Legislative Session
Topic: HB 2849 - 1% Tax on Firearms, Ammo, Accessories to fund mental health services
Replies: 8
Views: 6161

Re: HB 2849 - 1% Tax on Firearms, Ammo, Accessories to fund mental health services

Skooter wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:53 am Why was the firearm industry chosen to fund mental health services? The program is already funded by other taxation.
The lefties no doubt view it as akin to a sin tax.

I don't want this to happen, but if it does, an interesting dynamic may take hold. People dependent on sin-tax revenue don't want to see the sin diminish.

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