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Today [June 27] at the public works committee Councilor Vaughan will propose a new sidewalk tax in the entertainment district. He wants [Toronto] council to approve spending $10,000 in consultations about a new sidewalk tax.
He wants to tax bars and clubs that have line ups to get in. He argues it is an effort to calm foot traffic in the area.
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..taxing fast food restaurants whose drive-through lines block intersections and cause traffic issues.
Right. ‘Cause none of that stuff is already illegal, or anything.
Keith is right on. Tax those traffic snarling fast food joints until the cars stop going to them. Added bonus, less car trips to get kids to and from those lousy minimum wage burger flipper jobs.
If you impose a so called business tax for sidewalks or any other thing, don’t you think the business will just raise the prices to cover the added cost… so it’s just another way to tax you and me as individuals. All busine3ss pass their taxes on to their customers as they are not going to eat the extra cost with reduced profit.
It’s just business folks.. Individuals ultimately pay all the taxes that governments impose on business.