This week, The Sun bemoaned the regressive nature of an increase in the sales tax ("Sales tax increase: A trial balloon that needs to be popped," Jan. 15). Last week, you supported one of the most regressive taxes of all, the flush tax ("An agenda for 2012," Jan. 8). Even Gov.Martin O'Malleyrealizes it's regressive.
You justified the increase in the flush tax by saying that anyone could afford a quarter a day. According to my calculations, that's $90 a year. I guess for you $90 is not a lot of money, but for others it's the cost medications, or some food, several tanks of gas, etc.
Furthermore, why should someone making $20,000 per year with one bathroom pay the same amount as those multimillionaires with multi-bathrooms and multi-kids? In addition, the flush tax would be mandatory, not at all somewhat controllable like the sales tax.
So, would you rethink your position on the flush tax?
Liz