no, it wasn’t. amendments aren’t “temporary”

I like it. Hell, we can just copy MA and make groceries tax free outright.

For normal purchases, I’d just go to whatever that Laffer curve number is for the ideal rate. I wanna say it’s around 6.5% or something

no shot thats the landings, now price out Ox Bow in middletown RI

Lol taxes are the biggest expense for Americans idk what to tell you. You could say that’s good or bad, and we could agree to disagree, but it’s true. Yes income tax was initially a temporary measure, then in 1913 a measure for the richest 1%.

Central Library in Cranston in the bomb. I moved to Cranston this past summer and easy access to this branch is legitimately one of my favorite things about my new house. :)

Oh good call, yeah that would make sense.

Still makes me wonder what people think their time and gas are worth 0.15%, but to each their own...

Check Wayback Machine on Internet Archive (easy to Google!) to see if there's a cached version that bypasses the paywall.

If it were up to me, I'd add more sales tax tiers.

Unlike us, CT does normally charge sales tax on clothing but has an annual back-to-school season tax-free week, where clothing under $50/item is tax free. I think it would make perfect sense for us to implement something similar. Instead of all clothing being tax-free all the time, only charge sales tax on individual items over $50 or $100 or something. I see no reason why we need to subsidize higher-end clothing.

Similarly, RI charges the same tax rate on all vehicles but CT has a higher bracket for vehicles over $50,000 (7.75% vs their normal 6.35%). Maybe that dollar limit should be bumped up a bit more for 2023, but I like the idea. No reason the $100,000 Mercedes buyer can't pay a bit more tax. I'd be tempted to add another tier for <$30,000 vehicles to pay lower than normal tax too.

Beyond that, we already have the mechanism in the grocery store that defines what foods are SNAP eligible...the foods that are generally good things to eat. Why not tax the non-SNAP "not good" foods too?

Except no? The constitution doesn’t get amended with the intention of it being temporary. The 16th amendment could not be clearer.

And no, taxation is not the largest expense. As someone else pointed out, nearly half the country pays little to income tax. For the bulk of the middle class and even the upper class, it is maybe 25-30% of income.

Jesse Smith library in Burrillville is a beautiful space overlooking a river, and there is a nearby waterfall and park. They have lots of children's activities too.

Should have just dumped that 100 million into road repair.

I never said most taxed on Earth. I just said that taxation is the largest expense for Americans: fact. And that income tax was introduced as a temporary measure: fact. You can disagree but you can’t say I have no idea what I’m talking about.

FL prices have gone up lot in desirable areas. And desirability is no longer dictated solely on proximity to the beach. Miami is a great example of this (Miami is much or than south beach or even brickell, but the entire geographic region is much much more expensive than it was circa 2012)

Agree. Side note - it’s sad that a 60 mile commute turns into more than an hour. That’s really not far highway driving. Traffic and a lack of public transport do the north east dirty

My favorite part about libertarians is that you guys took “I don’t think there should be age of consent laws” and just built an entire ideology out from that

No I live 15/20 minutes from the beach. But wages here are some of the lowest in the country. Everything is so expensive down here now, like food, utilities and car insurance. My dad just came down from RI and was shocked by the price of food here.

Lol, america isn’t even close to one of the most taxed nations on earth and we’ve got the inferiority in quality of life ratings to prove it. There’s no polite way to say this so I won’t dance around it: you don’t know what you’re talking about.

> Why even bother lowering the sales tax rate? I'm certainly not going to notice saving 0.15%, but the state will feel the hit in aggregate.

I believe there is an expectation that some shoppers went to Mass. for a lower rate, and that those shoppers will come back to RI when the rates match. The tax rate would be lower, but an overall increase in shopping tranactions should ultimately boost the annual total taxes collected.

But that's just my guess. &#42;shrug&#42;

I think “we’re going to reduce the litter tax” really misses the mark on just how little revenue that accounted for. Most businesses are paying $100 or less for it.

It seems disingenuous to say “some litter exists, ergo the state does nothing about litter”

I mean if you’re going to Live on Aquidneck Island that’s not a terrible location. You can walk to island cinema ,McDonald’s, Walmart . The bridge is just a short drive and most importantly of all, there’s a bus route right on the main road that takes you to the heart of Newport. In tourist season they want 20 dollars to park your car anywhere,not to mention THE HORRIFIC TRAFFIC

It’s something that offers no tangible benefit to a person. Even a fairly affluent household that’s spending $100,000 a year on taxable goods and services is saving $150 over the course of a year. And that’s for the super rich, most people don’t spend close to that much.

I’d rather keep the sales tax where it is and let some of the revenue burden by shared by the 25 million or so tourists who come here every year.

They do pay RI income tax. This is a RI subreddit correct?

The 911 fee was so egregiously misused the federal government stepped it... The state assembly just changed the name of the fee to shut them up.

Wait till the lease is up.

I live in Pawtucket 1br for $900. My neighbors has a washer and dryer in the basement they let me use for free. It’s a bit drafty, my bathroom is basically a glorified closet, but still… it’s good for me and my child-free partner. I love the island. ☺️