[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Nordhagen

Just because everyone does it, doesnt sway me much. I think we are already taxed to death. My philosophy is to starve the beast. We have too much government at every level. Giving them more money will just make them want more. You are free to feel differently. It’s a free country, so far.

I half agree:

Taxed too much-----yes
A tourist tax will kill tourism-----no

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by FastAndCurious

YA, let's shoot the golden goose that flies in here for a short time, pumps money into the economy, and uses very little resources while we give big property tax breaks to residents who use county resources 365 days a year.
That sounds logical. Why am I not surprised.

That's the Florida mindset it appears, make everyone out of state pay for the resident goodies. If I was a tourist, I would avoid subsidizing this mindset. I'm starting to think most of the people here are broke.

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Originally Posted by Aces4

That's the Florida mindset it appears, make everyone out of state pay for the resident goodies. If I was a tourist, I would avoid subsidizing this mindset. I'm starting to think most of the people here are broke.

That’s a joke I hope. Non residents can use and abuse in vacationland with limited responsibilities, while many residents are tired of it and think their taxes are too high. Wasting money on taxes has little to do with being broke.

[Haggar]

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Originally Posted by gorillarick

Seems short-sighted and 2% not worth the bureaucracy.

Time for county to start looking for ways to increase revenue with the possibility of property tax being gutted.

Why only tourism revenue?
Don't tourists wear out our roads and other infrastructure like everyone else?[

Why not a tax on electric and hybrid vehicles? The federal fuel tax is 18.4 cents. The state and local tax on gasoline is $39.025 in Lake and Sumter, 44.025 cents in Marion. By the way I drive a hybrid.

What's making up the loss from those taxes not being paid which is used for road and bridge maintenance? Right now electronic vehicle make up 7.4% of all vehicles in the US and hybrids make up 16% of the US market. That's a major shortfall in road taxes!