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7 Page �age 53 Agree Agree Disagree Disagree Not Stronalv Somewhat Somewhat Stronalv Sure 23. If the federal tax on telephone service is no longer valid, I think our local tax should be invalid too. LeYs eliminate the utility tax on telephones..........................................................27.15........ 18.67 ............20.75..........26.41........7.01 109 ..............75 .................83 .............106...........28 24. If the telephone tax were ended, the city would lose two million dollars a year and an important source of funds to help build a new senior and communiry wellness center and upgrade playfields would be gone .....................26.21 ........ 24.28 ............17.54..........18.82..... 13.16 105 ..............97 .................70 ............... 75...........53 25. Taxes are just getting higher and higher. We should vote to end the utility tax and send a strong message to our elected officials......... 27.51....... 18.32......... 22.11....... 28.35.......3.71 110 ..............73 .................88 .............113...........15 26. The utility tax is a very inexpensive tax for the city to collect. The utility companies do all the paperwork and forward a check to the city every month. If the city had to find alternative source of income, its costs would go up and that cost would be borne by the taxpayers.......31.57........ 28.16............17.86..........15.08........7.33 126 ........... 113 .................71 ............... 60...........29 27. Since the city is rewriting its law so it can keep a tax on telephone service that other-wise would be eliminated, cutting the tax rate to 4% seems like the right thing to do .....................................................................28.71 ........ 26.01 ............18.78..........18.32........8.19 115 ........... 104 .................75 ............... 73...........33 28. The utility tax is fair for residents. Its not a flat amount; it's based on the amount people actually spend on their utilities and it is fair because businesses also pay it. Businesses currently pay $3.3 million a year of the $9 million in utility taxes ...........................................33.42........ 28.54 ............16.51 ............ 9.61..... 11.92 134 ........... 114 .................66 ............... 38...........48 29. Extending the tax to interstate and inter- country telephone calls and to calls made over internet or cable lines is only fair. Why should those who can afford this technology be exempt from the tax? ...................................29.55........ 19.50 ............17.22..........24.71........9.03 118 ..............78 .................69 ............... 99...........36 30. Federal law prohibits taxes on the internet in order to encourage new technology. Redwood City should not do anything opposing this important principle .......................36.99........ 25.15............13.98..........13.97........9.90 148 ........... 101 .................56 ............... 56...........40 31. One advantage of the local utility tax is that, unlike property taxes, the city can spend all the money on local ciry needs without sending any of it to the state ..............................40.58 ........ 31.01 ..............8.48 ............ 7.82..... 12.12 162 ........... 124 .................34 ............... 31...........48