5. We don't want to have the highest sales tax in the state!
The proposed half-cent increase in the slaes tax needed to pay for the train's operating subsidy would give Dane County the highest sales tax in Wisconsin!
People would shop elsewhere fo rbig-ticket items like furniture, cars, boats, and building supplies for new homes, which will kill good-paying jobs. Also, a sales tax is a regressive tax that hits the poor the hardest - those with the least ability to pay!