Solons Cold To Tea Party Proposal

Key lawmakers are splashing cold water on a tea party-backed proposal to extend Idaho’s sales tax to cover most services, while also lowering the rate from 6 percent to 4 percent. “I don’t know whether that particular piece of legislation will ever materialize,” House Tax Chairman Dennis Lake said at yesterday’s AP Legislative Preview. “The amount of tax collected is exactly the same. All it does is lower the rate”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

Question: Would you support a Tea Party proposal for Idaho that would extend the sales tax to most services, if it’d lower the tax from 6 percent to 4 percent?