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Ticket Tax Fight
Jul 9, 2007 | 3:13 PM
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Owners of Metro Detroit's professional sports teams and concert venues have launched an aggressive campaign to make sure a sales tax on tickets, suggested as a way to help plug the state's $1.8 billion budget hole next year, gets beaten down before it ever gets any legs in Lansing. Since mid-June, an anti-tax coalition has bombarded fans with announcements at Tigers games, fliers passed out at events, e-mails to people who have bought tickets online and ads on local radio stations.

The appeals direct fans to www.NoTicketTax.com , established by Fans Against the Ticket Tax, where they are asked to call or send e-mails to Gov. Jennifer Granholm and their state legislators to voice opposition to extending the state's 6 percent sales tax to tickets at entertainment venues.

OK this is interesting -- but what would you do to solve the state's huge deficit.  Is the ticket tax better than cutting teacher's jobs?  Or are the two topics exclusive.

 

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flaming0 view my photos
Jul 9, 2007 | 7:13 PM

Why not tax the team owners? Can't tax gas anymore or we couldn't afford to drive to the games we can't afford to attend. Cigarette smokers can't carry the whole state, they are taxed out. What is left? Tax congressmen and senators. Can't tax me I don't have a job anymore!
zspoons read my blog
Jul 9, 2007 | 10:45 PM

WOW!! to start with Jenny is trying to make Michigan a non smoke state,so there goes that tax money.! she would like to tax GAS more fi she could so only her and the polititions can drive cause we cant afford it.!the prices for the tickets are already toooooo!!! high as it is where real fans cant afford them,the only ones that go now are the rich that just want to make an impression on others,or fools that wont eat for a week just to go to a game.!!! so sure TAX THE HECK out of them pleasure tax $20.00 a ticket more.....GO AHEAD JENNY TAX EVERYTHING WE DO for injoyment or pleasure, and tax us for walking on sidewalks cause we cant afford to drive,how about the air we breath ,tax us for the time we rest or sleep.TAXES a fix all for everything.try CUTTING YOUR SPENDING.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
truthdares read my blog
Jul 9, 2007 | 11:14 PM

The NAACP work so hard to bury the N-word that has been so negative in their sociality, but until they"the NAACP" pressure the blacks to stop using the word in a more positive way to welcome friendship in the black sociality.. Then the N-word will always be kept alive by the very blacks who want it ban from socality..Its mostly kept alive in the black socality by blacks who use the word on a daily practice.
SmittyLongsleeves read my blog
Jul 13, 2007 | 2:50 AM

truth, I'm not exaclty sure how that fits into the conversation, but ok.
As far as the "luxury" tax. I am getting really, really tired of Taxholm up in Lansing. I am so sorry I voted for her in the last election. I cannot wait so I can vote her out in the next election. I agree with zspoons, hey beureaucrats, why don't you cut your spending. How about a "luxury" tax on the governor, who is surely living a more luxurious life than I am.
steveincanton read my blog view my photos
Jul 18, 2007 | 12:16 PM

DTE concerts already make you pay for sales tax, parking, police traffic enforcement! The state also taxes the gas you need to get out there!

Enough is enough as we are already paying too much to go to a concert!
shockfan07 read my blog view my photos
Jul 25, 2007 | 5:34 AM

If you tax our tickets the Shock and Pistons and every other sports team will lose fans and they will lose money.
Alexinhowell read my blog
Aug 29, 2007 | 4:36 PM

Fans already cant afford to goto the events. Why not take back from the players that make millions. If they want the fans, they can give up some.
jamesch414 read my blog
Sep 14, 2007 | 6:17 PM

ok raise all the taxes you want to just so the state can continue to spend all they want. they say they shall have more money for schools,what happened to all the lotery money.I'm tired of the open check book policy. It's time to cut the states budget like all the cars and gas they use all there perks they get.WHY IS ALWAYS UP TO US TO BAIL THEM OUT11111
TomnBerkely
Sep 16, 2007 | 1:40 PM

They are giving LIFETIME medical benefits to school employees working six years and they can't cut the spending? I'm glad the owners stood up and let us know about this. They should cut the budget before sticking us with some so called "luxury tax" on tickets to a movie or a ball game.
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