Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoKyoto hikes tourist tax by 900% to crack down on overtourismwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down122
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minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·2 days ago10%, that’s a large difference than 900%. This is one of the times I came to the comments to see if the article is worth reading, now I guess I have to to figure out the fuck they meant
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 days agoIt was 1%. 1% to 10% is in fact a 900% increase, it just sounds a lot scarier than it actually is.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 days agoYeah, it was definitely a get readers attention scare tactic. 10% tax on hotels is nothing. It’s like saying “We had to raise our taxes to match that of Florida districts due to federal cuts by Trump” Sensationalism, but some may be more true than others
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 days agoYou could read the article.
minus-square𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoSir/ma’am I’m from reddit, change is hard and scary
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·2 days agoNo shit, what else would I have meant?
10%, that’s a large difference than 900%. This is one of the times I came to the comments to see if the article is worth reading, now I guess I have to to figure out the fuck they meant
It was 1%. 1% to 10% is in fact a 900% increase, it just sounds a lot scarier than it actually is.
Yeah, it was definitely a get readers attention scare tactic. 10% tax on hotels is nothing.
It’s like saying “We had to raise our taxes to match that of Florida districts due to federal cuts by Trump”
Sensationalism, but some may be more true than others
What*
You could read the article.
Sir/ma’am I’m from reddit, change is hard and scary
No shit, what else would I have meant?