Comments on: Sales tax holiday: school supplies and clothing http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:19:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: rlewis http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136538 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:11:59 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136538 Oh thank God! As usual, no solid response or solution to taxes, typical Dem speaking out of both sides of the mouth. Just like Obama, who is now in favor of drilling offshore!

]]> By: silence dogood http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136485 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:17:38 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136485 Oh thank God. rlewis has shared his opinion. I was worried we weren’t going to be entitled to it.

]]> By: rlewis http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136481 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:36:35 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136481 Mark & BM,
it must really bother you to see people saving money from lower taxes! What a novel idea! It couldn’t possibly show results if they did this all year!!

]]> By: MB http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136476 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:22:14 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136476 With you there, Mark. Silly gimmick.

]]> By: Anon E. Mouse http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136475 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:19:34 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136475 Isn’t it your duty, Vivian, as a good Democrat, to pay taxes whenever possible, to support all the social programs? :-)

]]> By: Mark Brooks http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136474 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:58:08 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136474 The one that is really stupid is the October one. Who is going to wait for a tax-free weekend to buy a new washer and dryer if you need one now? (Like we did about a month ago)

I can’t see an advantage unless what you are buying is in the high dollar range. I mean, how much can you save on $20/item of office supplies? (unless you are buying a lot of $20 items) I did forget, however, that some of you live in areas with high sales taxes. Of course, out here in BFE, there is no place to buy anything, but if there were, there would be no tax on it!!

How much gas would I use going to Office Max in Richmond?

$20 @ 10% = $2.00 savings, or about half a gallon of gas.

]]> By: proudvadem http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136472 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:19:17 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136472 Dang VA Breeze, I thought I saw it on there.
Guess no Chanel or MAC for me :-(

]]> By: vjp http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136469 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:11:41 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136469

What is with having corsets, girdles and wedding apparel on the back to school list?
The corsets and laces are obviously for those 19th Century women who want to cinch an 18″ waist :) As for the wedding apparel – afraid I don’t have an answer for that :(

I’m going to do some shopping this weekend – a lot of office supplies on there so why not save the tax? And then there’s my little trip to Denver coming up so might as well buy those clothes now instead of next week.

Yeah – giving people a tax break on things they were going to buy anyway makes a lot os sense.

]]> By: Vabreeze http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136468 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:28:03 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136468 Also-Cosmetics are on the NOT exempt list.

]]> By: Vabreeze http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136467 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:55 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136467 What is with having corsets, girdles and wedding apparel on the back to school list?

]]> By: rlewis http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136466 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:19:06 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136466 Who would have thought if you gave people a tax break, they might spend more money? wow!! what a concept!

]]> By: proudvadem http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136464 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:37:52 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136464 Silence,
I would have loved the break on sheet music too- man, I spent a LOT of $$ on sheet music!

]]> By: silence dogood http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136463 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:27:28 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136463 Where was this tax break on musical instruments selling for $20 or less when I needed to buy ten pair of drum sticks every year? :(

]]> By: proudvadem http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/08/01/sales-tax-holiday-school-supplies-and-clothing/comment-page-1/#comment-136462 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:27:01 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3776#comment-136462 Cosmetics are one there? Heck, I’m gonna hit the Chanel counter this weekend :-)

I find it ironic that textbooks are on there as they are already tax exempt (Thanks to Glenn Oder!)
I also find it pretty funny that it is only textbooks under $20 that are included. With the example of some elementary school books- $20 won’t even touch most textbooks.

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