Wednesday, February 9

NPR : Montana Weighs Increasing Taxes on Big Box Stores  

NPR : Montana Weighs Increasing Taxes on Big Box Stores:

Montana Weighs Increasing Taxes on Big Box Stores
by Kathy Witkowsky

Morning Edition, February 8, 2005 · A bill before the Montana legislature would tax retail businesses on gross receipts in excess of $20 million, unless they pay their employees at least $22,000 a year. The measure is aimed at 'big box' retailers such as Wal-Mart and Costco.

I'm sure that the corporations involved are bellyaching about this. But geez, doesn't it pretty much make sense? You either pay your employees enough to actually make a living and incur those costs as legitimate costs, or do you set things up such that most of your employees also have to depend on government subsidies and services to better increase your bottom line (and therefore enhance the management's bonuses?)

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