Used cars could become a driving force for taxes

San Antonio Express-News ^ | 04/07/2006 | L.A. Lorek

[Sarajevo]

might as well go after garage sales too

They already do. $15 "fee" for a garage or lawn sale. If you don't pay, $200 fine. Fortunately, it's rarely enforced in N.E. San Antonio.

Perry really needs to go.

[pgyanke]

Which is why instead of "liberal vs. conservative," we need to start seeing things as "the state vs. the people."

Y'know... you're starting to sound like the Founding Fathers...

[Texas_Jarhead]

"In Republican Texas, no less. Apparently, new car sales aren't enough to sate the government's appetite for revenue."

Gotta find a way to help pay the massive bill for the education, health care, and incarceration of the large illegal population.

[Responsibility2nd]

Perry really needs to go.

No argument with you there, but consider the alternatives.

Strayhorn? Yeeesh!

Kinky? HA!

[Larry Lucido]

Hey, more job security for appraisers.

[T.Smith]

I often have the same thought about having my income taxed and then being taxed when I spend what's left. That's just the tip of the iceberg, of course.

[subterfuge]

"Hello, I'm from the government, and I'm here for our cut. Now bend over you serf!!"

[Antoninus]

I'm from-a Dollars. Dollars, Taxes.

[Will_Zurmacht]

The thing that gets me is if you honestly paid $1 for the shell and slapped your own engine in...they still stick ya. I thought we were supposed to reward thrift and recycling...hehe
Our dingbats in Topeka thought they could sneak one by, and I suspect they'll be at it again.

I used to think Kansas was more conservative than most states, but liberalism creeps across the prairie....

[MileHi]

I propose the gubmint pay the original owner a present-day-value reimbursement of the tax paid originally, at the time the owner transfers the item to another party, who will be forced to pay a tax for it.

I like that line of reasoning.

[MileHi]

I propose the gubmint pay the original owner a present-day-value reimbursement of the tax paid originally, at the time the owner transfers the item to another party, who will be forced to pay a tax for it.See my tagline, courtesy of FReeper ovrtaxt. The line and his handle fit this thread perfectly.

[Cat loving Texan]

This is a shell game. School funding is a scam. Without spending cuts it is a waste of time What needs to be addressed is accountability, more money directed into the the classrooms and consolodation of rural school districts to cut back on administrative costs. If more revenue is needed try casino gambling. Works for Nevada and Lousiana and its a VOLUNTARY tax. Don't wanna pay, don't go to play.

[Huck]

I used to think Kansas was more conservative than most states, but liberalism creeps across the prairie....

It's an airborne virus, like ebola.

[Joe 6-pack]

"New Jersey, At least we aren't as corrupt as Louisiana!"

Hey, I tell people I moved here to escape the rampant political corruption of Pennsylvania!!

[poobear]

Texas needs more revenue?

Just do what they do in Florida. Build more toll roads, promise they'll only collect the tolls until the roads are paid for... Well you get the idea.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I used to think Kansas was more conservative than most states, but liberalism creeps across the prairie.... "

Kansas is peopled by the descendents of those who set out on the Oregon trail but dropped out of the pack early.

[liberty2004]

I never understood this. When the car was purchased first-hand, wasn't a tax paid to the gubmint?

the governments appetite for taxes is endless. We are a Republic no more. We have morphed into a dying Socialist hell where the individual means nothing, limited government is a joke and everyone must worship at the alter of the State. If the US is this bad, I can only imagine how bad much of the rest of the world must be. I wonder how many Republicans in Texas voted for this? It seems that in Texas and most other states its, Republicans = Democrats = high taxes.

[TXBSAFH]

Like Gov Good Hair many of the republicans in the state of Taxes (Spelling is changed on purpose) were dems and I think though their party has changed their views have not.

[liberty2004]

Which is why instead of "liberal vs. conservative," we need to start seeing things as "the state vs. the people."

good point. I wish more would see it this way. Limited government is a distant dream.

[metesky]

Slow learners. Taxachusetts has been running this racket for years.