...hurt the yacht-building industry?

You weren't missed here, greenie. We already have enough posters who ignore facts, and just reflexively react to every single post with inane pointless non-responsive childish drivel.

Go back over to the other Board, where your drivel is swallowed whole.

"In 1990 a 10% luxury tax was applied to boats in the U.S. and the results were disastrous. Over 25,000 boating industry jobs were lost and a tax that was supposed to generate millions of additional government revenue actually cost the government revenue."