Posted on 10/29/2018 4:19:21 PM PDT by dragnet2
For those who may not be aware or live out of state, this is no joke except for those who happen to pay taxes. This is Measure W.
So they intentionally dump tons of rain-river-water into the sea, to “save” endangered fish that are not endangered, denying water to both farms in the central valley and residents in the south, and now they want to tax residents for the crime of having driveways, patios and such!!!!
What are the progressive fascists of California doing?
EVERYTHING is for their political agendas and nothing is for the people.
If Measure W goes through, property owners might have to pay a tax for impermeable land like driveways, patios, parking lots, rooftops and other paved surfaces that don’t absorb water.
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Only the Left could make the function and purpose of a roof a bad thing.
This reminds me of an old Mexican movie I saw a few years back. Mexico was taxing the people right and left to raise funds, when one man said...”I wish we could tax the air they breathe!”
Others thought it was a great idea, so they put a tax on windows and doors.
End result, people bricked up their doors and most windows, and entered and left their homes by a ladder to one window.
The way new houses are built in lots of places in Kalifornia is big two story houses on lots barely bigger than the house.
With most (3/4?) of rhe lot covered by the house, driveway, sidwalks and patio, on lots of say 7,000 square feet, the tax would amount to about $131.50 additional tax per home; for average size new homes/lots. But with taxes already among the highest in the nation, what’s another $100+.
And the fact is, the state will just wastefully spend the money and not build the extra water resovoirs. Why do we say that? They do not even need the money. They have millions they allocated and have not spent on improving and enlarging their water resovoirs.
Rain Tax. Thanks dragnet2.
England used to have a tax on windows. This was to pay for the change from hammered to milled coinage. It was easy to assess—the collector simply counted your windows and gave you your bill. Of course people made a point of having as few windows as possible.
In years gone by, houses used to have cisterns that were fed by the downspouts. Saved water for garden use in the summer.
So cover the roof with dirt and plant grass. Tear out the driveway and plant grass.
He was close! Except they will charge for the carbon dioxide you exhale.
Have they started taxing breathing yet?
Now we understand the carbon tax...taxing carbon dioxide.
I have heard that is never rains in southern California, so the folks around LA should do all right without roofs.
What if your roof leaks?
CA hasn’t done this yet?
Our MD legit did it years ago, albeit it was just rescinded last year by Gov Hogan (R).
My German grandmother collected rainwater in barrels specifically to wash her hair! The very hard water in Westchester County, NY in the 30s-60s was really hard on hair.
Today, she’d probably go to jail for stealing that public commodity.
What won’t they tax?
… and yet the rain tax remains.
We don’t like the look of your roof that obstructs our view,
We don’t like the look of your patio, and don’t like you not inviting us over to eat your food and bitch about yer BBQ...
Bah!
I’ll bring a bottle of Whine...
ok but there is no rain in SoCal?
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