On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:58:13 -0500, "M Weiss" wrote:
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>Being from a town that actually sent out forms requiring the residents to
>list their personal property for the new Personal Property Tax, where the
>form listed items such as "TVs, Stereos, Personal Computers, jewelry,
>diamonds, etc", I am not surprised at the lengths the government will go to
>to increase their revenues. 92% of our income goes to the gov in some way
>shape or form already. Isn't it enough?
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The above is unacceptable - I would have led a tax revolt!
Where were the people who should have been fighting the
passage of such nonsense?! (I live in a pretty activist
town [we even have our own currency - IthacaHours], and
this would not have had even the slightest possibility of
passing here!) I lived in Seattle for seven years, where
all businesses were saddled with an "inventory" tax, which
required counting everything down to paper clips, causing
businesses to close while this nonsense was done...
Just say, "NO!" (BTW, I'm a "liberal-Democrat"...;-)