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Article: EDITORIAL: Vying for pennies: Our View: Sales tax proposals will test Idahoans' tolerance.(Editorial)

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The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
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July 10, 2006
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Jul. 10--To recoin a phrase, a penny here, a penny there, and another half penny, and pretty soon you're talking about a lot of money.

Several groups want to increase the Idaho sales tax at least a half penny to support their causes. Short-term Idaho Gov. Jim Risch would sign off on a half-cent increase to the current 5 percent tax, if the Idaho Legislature passed legislation to use it for property tax relief in a possible special session this summer. Others will make their case for raising the sales tax one penny when an initiative to increase state education spending lands on the Idaho ballot this fall. Meanwhile, Kootenai County commissioners are mulling ...

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