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Old 07-23-2005, 10:13 AM  
mardigras
Bon temps!
 
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Originally Posted by Giorgio_Xo
You are completely wrong. It is commercial speech, not a service. The Supreme Court has ruled that commercial speech can not be directly taxed. Minimal local taxation, e.g. sales taxes, is legal as long as it isn't applied unequally.
Restaurants are levied a special tax not levied on other businesses in many jourisdictions, casinos are almost always are. Taxation in our country is not equal, let alone consistent.

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Originally Posted by Giorgio_Xo
The South is racist and close-minded.
I live here. I can vouch there is truth in that statement.
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