Eat- IN Tax

[ribbets]

We pay an added tax at all fast food places Called an EAT-IN Tax of 6%.
If the cashier asks you, if your order is to eat in, or to go, and you say eat in
You will pay 6% or more depending on what town your in here.Towns can add up to 3% to the 6% state tax.

A little kid orders an ice cream after her kids meal and grandma is off to the rest room. Grandma was great, giving the kid $ 2.48 the posted price of this
wonderful treat
:D But the mean ,rotten,pimple faced burger flipper said $2.63 . :cry: :cry: :cry: I can afford charity at Christmas Time. so I paid the extra.

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"ribbets" wrote:

> We pay an added tax at all fast food places Called an EAT-IN Tax of
> 6%.

> If the cashier asks you, if your order is to eat in, or to go, and you say
> eat in You will pay 6% or more depending on what town your in
> here.Towns can add up to 3% to the 6% state tax.

Poor Maine gets a food tax - while others get away. And Tax is mean't to be a state thing? What happened to the people who fought hard to put a stop to this?

Okay so what happens -WHEN- you order a take away meal AND you decide to eat it in? Occassionally us Aussies do this just to avoid the trays & you get that bag which afterwards makes it easier to throw out instead of messing around with the trays.

> A little kid orders an ice cream after her kids meal and grandma is off
> to the rest room. Grandma was great, giving the kid $ 2.48 the posted
> price of this wonderful treat :D
> But the mean ,rotten,pimple faced burger flipper said
> $2.63 . :cry: :cry: :cry: I can afford charity at Christmas Time. so I
> paid the extra.

Some discussions arrised here concerning tax on Take-away food, unfortunately they were talking about just stamping it on the take out food regardless of it you were taking-away or eating it. This is the Govts crazy answer to everything. Too many fat people out there - lets put a Tax on this to stop this.

One of the most controversial cases is 4WDs, in a way I think they don't belong in the Surburbian Cities - but some people do the right thing & go bush with them. How do you tell the difference between someone who's a genuine 4WD go'er & just the average smuck who just drives their kids to school everyday in one - I mean you'd need some GPS device to determine their driving pattern & then tax them accordingly. Difficult one to conclude cause the Govt probably don't want to know about it - they probably drive around Canberra in their 4WDs! :-x

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[carlsson]

6% added tax doesn't sound like a lot, depending on how much other taxes already were added to the sales price. Over here, I believe the tax for food served at a restaurant is 25% (which is also the VAT for most goods, services, entertainment etc), no matter if you take away or eat in. The tax for hotels and groceries is 12%. The tax for books, concerts, transportation and so on is 6%. Recently there was a suggestion to unify all added taxes to one level, suggested 21%. The outcry from culture in particular was great, and right now no politician dares to take this suggestion one step further, since it is an election next year.

One mind-boggling consideration is that the tax for a concert is 6%, but if people would dance at the concert, the tax is 25%. It has happened that concert arrangers get taxed up afterwards due to that, so now one has to watch out for concert audience who enjoy themselves in that way. What do you think about that?

Regarding SUVs, over here it has been suggested to have different tax depending on where you live. If your home is within the city, you probably go hiking in the woods every weekend just as little as someone living on the countryside goes cruising into the city on a Saturday evening. The worst part about it probably is that research has shown that a pedestrian will fare worse being hit by a SUV than most other cars. By the way, recently Citroën was the first brand to be rewarded with the highest score in safety when it comes to hitting a pedestrian by Euro NCAP. We'll see for how long they will be the only brand to brag about it.

[Vlad]

Screw paying to eat in the place! If they offer the option to eat in side their establishment, then they shouldn't charge extra to do so. If you have guests over dinner, do you charge them for eating inside your house? If they don't want to clean up the mess, then make it drive-tru only. Their just trying to screw you out of even more money,,,,,,

-Vlad

P.S The old folks in my area say to go then eat inside anyway and no one ever bothers them,but if I tried that, I would probably be told to get out.

[Jorg]

Over here I see things happen like in bars, they start asking money if you want to use the restroom.
They try to sell you as much beer as they can, then what do they think?
I refuse to pay for things like that.

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"vlad" wrote:

> P.S The old folks in my area say to go then eat inside anyway and no
> one ever bothers them,but if I tried that, I would probably be told to
> get out.

What the?!?

No really, what could they do you ya? Call the Police & arrest you for trespassing? Do they have the right to do that if it's business as usual.

I don't think anyone has the right to push you around - which should be a crime in itself.

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[Vlad]

One of my friends tried it once, he said they got ticked off and told him either to pay the eat-in tax or get out. Ever since then I and a few friends have boycotted Mc Sucks.

-Vlad

I don't eat there anyway, their food makes me sick. (Literally)

[ribbets]

Spoke to my grand kids about this and they said when their on school bus trips and such they always say take-out and still eat inside, and no-one ever say's much to them. Must have been the Christmas Blues that set me off.

I'd like to open a pub in Wal-Mart just during the holidays , Who needs boutiques ,Dunkin Doughnuts, or the other little stores....
Come on in while the wife shops.

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"vlad" wrote:

> One of my friends tried it once, he said they got ticked off and told him
> either to pay the eat-in tax or get out. Ever since then I and a few
> friends have boycotted Mc Sucks.

Yeah, I gave them the flick years ago. Unfortunately I was part of some group which had to simply go to Ol' McDonalds sometime 2003. Since I had no food & no other place to go to - I had to eat there. Pah!

> I don't eat there anyway, their food makes me sick. (Literally)

Yeah, I think that Maccas movie really put a backflip to their food - although I'm just not sure 'bout how accurate it is. Was this guy "boozing up" in between visits to Macca's. But I simply don't go for their stuff. I was starting to wonder where their salard's were comming from & then I thought that perhaps restaurants were throwing out their salard - there is a period when they are supposed to throw the old salards out & when they become unsuitable to eat. I could only thought that Macca's were picking up this slightly off salard, so everyone makes a small profit - including the restaurant who used to throw out the old stuff & Macca's gets to promote their new -range- of salards. Nope - not interested.

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P.S. Just with the Poll - "what's the difference" between Yes & Heck Yes, for such fine crusine?

Likewise with No (which I put) & @#$@!# No, take me to prison?

[Vlad]

I was talking about McDonalds.

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"vlad" wrote:

> I was talking about McDonalds.

Ditto.

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[Vlad]

Oh, I get it now.

[mryon]

I'd not eat that filth if it were free.

[Jorg]

I'd not eat that filth if it were free.

Aren't they gonna pay you for it as in all other medical experiments?

[Vlad]

Or at least offer to pay for your heart bypass you have to get from eating that garbage.....

[Terry Yager]

I'd not eat that filth if it were free.

Aren't they gonna pay you for it as in all other medical experiments?

That sort of experimentation is usually reserved for convicts...

--T

[Jorg]

I'd not eat that filth if it were free.

Aren't they gonna pay you for it as in all other medical experiments?

That sort of experimentation is usually reserved for convicts...

--T

I heard something about that. Including handicapped children, wasn't it? Or am I mixing things up now.....

Did you know that in Holland, until last week all convicts had pay-tv porn channels payed by us tax-payers?

[Terry Yager]

Yah, potentially dangerous stuff is usually tested on convicts, who are desparate for the money, and have very little to lose...

--T

[carlsson]

Does that mean that porn is potentially dangerous? :roll:

[Terry Yager]

Does that mean that porn is potentially dangerous? :roll:

Some people (Femini-Nazis?) make that claim, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.

--T

[Jorg]

Does that mean that porn is potentially dangerous? :roll:

I think the thought behind it was to keep their testosteron levels low so they should be less agressive..

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"Jorg" wrote:

> I think the thought behind it was to keep their testosteron levels low so
> they should be less agressive..

Is this why they go off on a tangent and start attacking everyone or
anyone regardless of their age?

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[Terry Yager]

ATTICA! ATTICA! ATTICA...!

Oh, sorry...got carried away...

--T

[carlsson]

In the case of p0rn, does one pay extra to hire a booth to watch the movie instead of take-away renting it? Maybe restaurants will do something similar. Instead of having to add an eat-in tax, they will charge extra for hiring a table to eat at. :twisted:

[Jorg]

In the case of p0rn, does one pay extra to hire a booth to watch the movie instead of take-away renting it? Maybe restaurants will do something similar. Instead of having to add an eat-in tax, they will charge extra for hiring a table to eat at. :twisted:

That'll be cleaning tax then :p

[Vlad]

With how unhealthy the food usually is, I guess your damned if you do and your damned if you don't. Either you pay to eat in the place, or for ruining your health later on down the road. Or both. From where I see it, your screwed eitherway so you might as well just pay to eat there.....

-Vlad