Like a deck of cards and a stack of chips. A spoon fed lie, swallow the lie, give them an inch and they'll take a mile. It's all just an excuse to take your money.If it helps local businesses it's ok. Better to remove all the taxes, but if it means people spending money in their own community I'm for it.
Remember the 1989 San Fernando valley earthquake? The legislators proposed via ballot an increase of 1/4 cent in the state sales tax for 13 months, to pay for repairing the damage. The increase expected to raise 800 million. The sales tax increase would take effect Dec. 1 and expire automatically on New Year's Eve, 1990.
The politicians liked the extra money and held a voice vote, on the eve of it's expiration to cancel the expiration of the sales tax. A giant F*** YOU! to the people of the state.
All taxes are thefts, and the politicians are the worst thiefs!