Expanding hotel tax will create problems

In proposing to expand the state’s hotel tax to include vacation rentals and bed-and-breakfasts, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee displays the approach to governance that has left Rhode Island with ongoing fiscal problems and an anti-competitive tax position. To begin with, neither Connecticut nor Massachusetts apply or collect a similar tax. And by driving up the

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