Monday, August 07, 2006
Green wants a tax holiday
(Rep. Mark) Green's proposal would exempt from sales taxes school supplies priced under $50, clothing and shoes under $100, and computers under $1,500 purchased during the first weekend of August.Examples of items that would be tax exempt include: notebooks, text books, folders, paper, writing instruments, book bags, art supplies, laptop computers, desktop computers, printers and keyboards.
Green said college students, who have seen massive tuition increases at the University of Wisconsin campuses, "are especially in desperate need of some tax relief."
"Under Jim Doyle, UW tuition is up over 50 percent in just four years on Wisconsin students. At the same time, they've actually lowered tuition on out-of-state students," said Green. "Jim Doyle is pricing middle class families out of a college degree, and I think that's wrong."
Think about what can be spent on the $75 saved from that $1,500 laptop you just purchased. I don' think it would be 75 cases of Ramen.
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