http://www.gothamist.com/2005/06/21/some_of_the_sales_tax_might_be_going.php All comments for Some of the Sales Tax Might Be Going en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:49 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/06/21/some_of_the_sales_tax_might_be_going.php#comment-53512 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/06/21/some_of_the_sales_tax_might_be_going.php#comment-53512 Comments Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:39:21 -0500 <p>Or you could eliminate tax on clothes under $100 by increasing tax on clothes over $100 by 1%... satisfies the commie itch for sure.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2005/06/21/some_of_the_sales_tax_might_be_going.php#comment-53508 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/06/21/some_of_the_sales_tax_might_be_going.php#comment-53508 Comments Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:10:10 -0500 <p>The "surplus" is misleading, considering that we'll have deficits less than a year later. Bloomberg says fiscal 2006 shows a surplus, but 2007 is projected to have a deficit of $4.5 billion, and 2008 has a projected deficit of $4.2 billion*. (*Source: New York Times, May 6 2005)</p>