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Richard,

Your position is troubling, and implies enacting one bad tax in exchange for repealing another bad tax. It is NOT the role of government to pick retail winners and losers. And what, exactly, does the government deem to be a "sin"? Cigarettes? Alcohol? Steak tips? Burgers? Hot wieners? What's next, now that the camel's nose is in the tent? If you wish to garner my electoral attention, you would advocate a complete repeal of the state income tax. Which leads to the next logical question for which I can never get an answer: What specific state services do Rhode Islanders enjoy, as a function of paying a state sales tax, that New Hampshire residents do NOT enjoy as a function of NOT paying a state sales tax? Looking forward to your response.