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Re:Warren Buffett calls insurance Berkshire Hathaway's most ... by tptacek on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:57PM (#15529948)
So you're saying the taxpayers fund things through an even more regressive process than income taxes.
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Re:Warren Buffett calls insurance Berkshire Hathaway's most ... by Jtsummers on Sunday October 22, 2017 @10:24PM (#15530247)
Well, there is that. But also a large percentage of the sales tax (which includes hotels and such) comes from tourists, not residents.
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Re:Warren Buffett calls insurance Berkshire Hathaway's most ... by kchoudhu on Monday October 23, 2017 @03:42AM (#15531425)
People trotted that one out a few days ago when trying to justify spending $80MM on a ball park in Summerlin: we didn't pay for it, the tourists did!

Guys, you realize that that $80MM could have been used to make the CCSD not the butt of national education jokes, right?

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