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Who are the richest people in town? Here's a hint: Every dime they have is disposable income.
The answer is tourists. And they increasingly are the victims of the soak-the-rich mentality that has resurfaced with a vengeance in a time in which politicians are looking for ways to accomplish the paradoxical tasks of raising revenues, expanding government services and keeping voters from taking to the streets in rage. Taxing tourists looks like the fabled silver bullet to elected officials.
The latest episode is in New York City, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg has just signed...
We Love New York -- Just Less Than We Used To
You do not have to come to New York. You can always go for vacation to Cleveland. Or Spokane. A nice city, Spokane.Of course, there is no Satue of Liberty in Cleveland. No Empire State Building In Spokane. How about the Metropolitan Museum? Nope, sorry. Only in New York.
How about the forty theaters on Broadway? And the 200 off Broadway? You can always wait for a tour company. Fifth Avenue fashion? Madison avenue sophistication? Going to lunch, and Chevy Chase is on the next table. Or seeing each one of the four stars from Sex in the city walking in the street ahead of you, all within ten days? (it happened to me). I guess it wouldn't interest you.
As a young waiter on Times square, I once had Gene Hackman, Duke...