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an effort to create searchable online databases for government expenditures
a tool to highlight the hypocrisy of tax hikers
Constitutional or statutory requirement to rein in growth of revenues end expenditures
a commitment made by elected officials and candidates for elected office never to raise taxes
Raising the bar for tax increases
Requiring a cool-off period for all bills with a fiscal impact
pork-barrel spending - the broken windows of the budget
Tax Bites - Meals Out
44.80%
Eating out isn’t cheap, but the government doesn’t make it any easier to enjoy a meal at your favorite restaurant by imposing extra taxes on it. Because states and municipalities like the idea of taxing tourists, imposing taxes on restaurant meals has most big spenders salivating. In major cities like Chicago, the state and local meals taxes can heap on up to 10.25 percent of your bill.
That is just the first course of taxation. Out of what the consumer pays for the meal, the restaurant must pay federal income taxes, state income taxes, federal payroll taxes, unemployment insurance taxes, workmen’s compensation taxes, state franchise taxes, local property taxes and any local income taxes. Altogether, these taxes can add another $11.18 onto an average restaurant bill of $32.32.
This means that in total, a restaurant diner can expect to pay as much as 44.8 percent of the cost of a meal, or $14.48 to the government.
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