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Originally Posted by Evelyn
How come Jersey is going down the crap hole with their lower sale %. How's the state of Delaware a state with 0% doing? Not much of a draw to them aside from lower sales tax. While maybe Jersey is more biz friendly, not much draw there either. It just ain't about nickles and shoes hon, is more complex.
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No one said raising the sales tax will put a bullet in Philadelphia. What has been said is there are negative impacts to doing it and local businesses will take a hit (Councilwoman Anna Verna even said as much when she voted to pass it). You can choose to disbelieve a sales tax doesn't affect anything just because you won't shop outside the City, but it doesn't change the reality that many people do pick where they shop partially based on taxes.
As for NJ, it is going down the crapper for the same reasons California is: too many taxes and still spending too much above it.