CA too taxing on golf?

from this morning's San Diego Business Journal (5/13):

State Shouldn’t Tax Golf Games, Association Warns
By Mike Allen - 5/13/2009
San Diego Business Journal Staff

Time to yell fore!

"May 13 was National Golf Day, according to a release from an organization called the California Alliance for Golf." ...

"... the industry is responsible for creating 160,000 jobs in the state, either directly or through the hospitality, retail and landscape industries, CAG says.

Also, golf put $6.9 billion into the state’s economy in 2006, mainly through tourism, property taxes, income taxes and taxes on golf merchandise.

CAG thinks the sport and industry have been sufficiently taxed, and wants to squash an effort in Sacramento to impose a sales tax for playing at golf courses." ...

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