I'm not sure how she thinks that only the rich get their hair colored, their cars washed, and their carpets cleaned.
But what really galls me is her ridiculous assumption that this will not affect the economy. Who does she think performs these services? When the entrepreneur opens up a nail salon, is this more likely to be a "Desperate Housewife" or a middle or working class American? When someone gets a technical certification and becomes a computer technician, is it more likely to be a "Desperate Housewife" or someone trying to raise a family?
This morning on the Paul W. Smith show on WJR, L. Brooks Paterson made clear that he's already heard of one technical service company which leaving the state. Who can blame them? Why would other companies continue to utilize their services when they can see 6% by using one based in Toledo instead of Oakland County?
Laura Berman: Service tax aims to skim off the cream
The Detroit NewsThe new 6 percent tax on assorted, nonessential services will be a mild annoyance for most, like waiting in line at the Secretary of State's office.
It doesn't tax the refrigerator repair guy.
The dry cleaners are exempt. And in a display of reassuring legal lobby agility, the services of lawyers remain tax-free.
Yes, the new tax wreaks havoc on the metaphysical industry (psychics, palm-readers, phrenologists and astrologers), goes after sex in the city (escort and dating services), frowns on festivity (party planners and ballonistas), but it is squarely aimed at a slender Michigan demographic.
It's a Desperate Housewives tax, designed to skim off cream from the people who can afford to buy dairy products from Devonshire.
A toned-and-tucked tax.
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