Paul Caron, TaxProf, on one of the more closely watched tax rulings. Earlier here.
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on October 24, 2012
Paul Caron, TaxProf, on one of the more closely watched tax rulings. Earlier here.
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Rich people go to the ballet and don’t pay sales tax. Poor people go to the local strip club and do. Sounds fair to me!
The majority carefully considered the constitutional arguments and after a thorough review of the First Amendment considerations, concluded:
“Petitioner’s remaining constitutional argument is unavailing.” (http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/Decisions/2012/Oct12/157mem12.pdf at 5).
Actually, those six words comprise the majority’s entire discussion of the First Amendment issues. No doubt they considered those issues deeply and carefully in private discussions, however.
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Be grateful for small mercies. They could have said that the argument was “fatally flawed.”
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