tonyolm - 5:18 am on May 16, 2006 (gmt 0)

What an excellent thread on this topic.

May I add a question based on this topic to see how people from all over feel about this?

I'm in New York State. We have a hotel type tax that is supposed to go to promote more tourism. How do you feel when that collected tax DOESN'T go to promote the hotels but to fill budget gaps caused by no so bright elected officials? Would you still feel fine to collect over the internet as a "hotel" tax even though the hotel isn't benefiting from it?