posted January 18, 2008 12:52 PM
Ok, some thought was given to your question. There are no easy answers, and you've pointed that out by listing consequences of each type of fund gathering technique.One thought I had, which isn't really a solution, but which certainly might clarify things a bit, would be to get rid of redundant exchanges like..taxing a company that provides a service to the government..for the profit made off of that service.
Certainly there has to be a way to provide incentives to companies so that they'd be willing to donate those services/products for government use. Let companies compete over providing the best service, or taking the lowest tax break.
Let's try taxing companies that outsource local jobs. Not too much, we're not trying to drive them away. Enough for them to maybe CONSIDER keeping the jobs in state instead of shipping them overseas..without forcing them to stay domestic or leave the state.
Not only would taxes on outsourced jobs raise revenue, but any jobs that DO stay in state instead of being outsourced are also more revenue for the state in the form of sales taxes and income taxes.
Those are the initial ideas that came to mind.
I'll keep thinking about it.
daf