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Thu, Jul 2, 2009 (midnight)

Sales-tax rate in Clark County and Las Vegas rises to 8.1 percent as of July 1. Hey, what do we care? We’re not buying anything anyway.

Second golf course to close at Lake Las Vegas. Area golfers flew their funny-looking pants at half mast.

Gov. Jim Gibbons demands to know what can be done about high gas prices. Great idea! In fact, may we suggest a fact-finding trip to Saudi Arabia? And please—take your time.

Greek Isles may be sold at auction.The item description is expected to read, “Like new—hardly used.”

Report: Room rates in Las Vegas at their lowest in 10 years. And doesn’t John Ensign know it!

Searchlight residents say they don’t want wind turbines near their town, claiming they will impact property values. So let’s see: clean-burning. Limitless energy. State of the art. Yeah, we see your point.

Orbitz: Las Vegas will be the nation’s top destination for Fourth of July travelers. Never underestimate the drawing power of empty master-planned communities.

Michael Jackson’s live-in doctor was from Las Vegas. And Nevada’s national ranking in health-care quality just continues to soar.

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Now that the legislature has used the current fiscal 'crisis' to increase the sales tax rate (which will never go down even when the 'crisis' is over of course), its time for us to evaulate ALL our expenses, with the idea of getting rid of the ones that really dont enrich our lives.

Everyone has at least 10% of really useless expenses that just dont cut it. Things that are simply being done because of intertia. Lets start with taxable things, like eating out.
1) Usually, food quantities at restaurants are too high for healthy living. How about ordering fewer entrees and sharing them? You definitely DONT need that dessert !! How about an appetizer and One entree for two people? The soda pop at $3 isnt really so attractive if you think about it. How about water at the restaurants, and the 20 cent cans of soda pop AT HOME.

2) Those trips to the AM/PM you can probably cut in half with a small degree of planning. Why buy bottled water there, when you can get it at costco for about 12 cents a bottle and just grab a couple of bottles before you head out in the car.

Now that the sales tax rate is up, we can wind up paying LESS total sales tax, plus save on direct expenditures. This will teach the government people that increasing the tax rates will REDUCE the tax take !!

Posted by: term2 on 7/4/09 at 3:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)