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Writer says other reasons besides taxes favor moist or wet

Comments re article 62158 Letter Status quo benefits no one

Lois Cunningham writes:
Ed, I am not sure at the moment whether Kentucky can do this; I know back home they voted the tax much like they vote a recreation tax on motels, etc. I will do some research on Kentucky laws if I can find them.

Taxes, though, are not the only way the county and the city would benefit from a wet vote. We would benefit in new jobs, new visitors who would spend their money here, and we would no longer be silently approving the local drive thru or delivery right to your home, bootleggers. Who by the way pay no taxes on their bootlegging income. - Lois Cunningham
Thanks, Lois Cunningham - for making us think more deeply about the issue. Maybe Kentucky ought to allow more leeway in local taxation, and you make good points about new jobs.



I do wonder if you right about the bootleggers not paying taxes. From all I hear, Adair County's bootleggers have, traditionally been a higher minded class of people, well above the average in being public spirited. I wouldn't be surprised if most or not all of them pay taxes.

By the way, there will be tradeoffs when we honor legality over hypocrisy. Getting a significant amount of local taxes likely isn't one of them. -EW.


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