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State Makes Big Fuss Over Local Couple's Vegetable Oil Car Fuel (Told To Pay Taxes on Fuel or Else)
Heald Review ^
| 3/1/2007
| HUEY FREEMAN
Posted on 03/03/2007 11:14:08 AM PST by Dallas59
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So where is this "green" stuff taking us?....Might be criminal to use Solar power without a license before too soon...
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:14:11 AM PST
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
When I was a kid we would often say "it's a free country". That was obviously a long, long time ago.
To: Red Badger
Do users of plug in electrics also have to pay a special motor fuels tax on their electricity?
I can see the state's point of view, the motor fuel tax is what pays for road maintenance. However, this was nothing but strong arm tactics to make an example out of this poor couple.
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:18:45 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Dallas59
We would not want our great guvmint to miss out on any taxes now, would we?
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:18:48 AM PST
by
Piquaboy
(22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
To: Dallas59
Sounds like BS to me.
And kudos to Frank Watson too.
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:19:04 AM PST
by
Condor 63
To: Dallas59
There's a lesson here. If you're running your car on used cooking oil, shut up about it.
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:19:05 AM PST
by
coydog
(Cowardice does not make you safe. It makes you a safe target. - - Dale Amon)
To: Dallas59
The new state motto should read"Let nothing of value go untaxed."
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:19:19 AM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
To: Yo-Yo
Looks like the Illinois SG isn't too concerned with saving the planet.....AL Gore should jump on this...
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:20:03 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(AL GORE STALKED ME ON 2/25/2007!)
To: Dallas59
Yesterday gas was up about 30 cents. I commented to my DIL that I guess we needed to start growing corn. She commented, "oh, I'm sure they would still find some way to make you pay" I actually laughed. Yikes.
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:21:06 AM PST
by
CindyDawg
To: Dallas59
Sounds like the guy was recycling. But I suppose you need a permit or need to pay taxes for that also. Is there a fuel tax for electric? After all some tpye of fuel is used to make the electricity. Sounds like a circle jerk.
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:21:34 AM PST
by
beltfed308
(Rudy: When you absolutely,positively need a liberal for President.)
To: Dallas59
Fight on, Wetzel, you have them on the run!
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:22:02 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Prevent Glo-Ball Warming ... turn out the sun when not in use)
To: all the best
"Government is not the solution...Government is the problem."
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:23:26 AM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: Yo-Yo
What is the money for car tags for then?
To: Dallas59
"I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help"
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:24:01 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Dallas59
If you use solar power, do you still have to purchase carbon credits from Al Gore's company?
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:24:05 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: Gabz
Worthy of a Nanny State Ping?
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:24:32 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: ancient_geezer; Man50D; pigdog
"A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man's business; the eye of the federal inspector will be in every man's counting house....The law will of necessity have inquisical features, it will provide penalties, it will create complicated machinery. Under it men will be hauled into courts distant from their homes. Heavy fines imposed by distant and unfamiliar tribunals will constantly menace the tax payer. An army of federal inspectors, spies, and detectives will descend upon the state."
-- Virginian House Speaker Richard E. Byrd, 1910, predicting the consequences of an income tax.
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:24:49 AM PST
by
socialismisinsidious
( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
To: Dallas59
"They told me I am required to have a license and am obligated to pay a motor fuel tax," David Wetzel recalled. "Mr. May also told me the tax would be retroactive." The motor fuel taxes pay for the roads. Cars using vegetable oil fuel (or whatever) have to pay for the roads they drive on. How unfair lol!
The state should have a reasonable regulatory scheme for people who just acquire/produce alternative fuels for their own use however.
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:25:10 AM PST
by
mrsmith
To: Dallas59
This couple wasn't even accused of tax evasion... just using fuel bureaucrats didn't like.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:26:16 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Dallas59
all money belongs to the state. We only get to keep it at its discretion.
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posted on
03/03/2007 11:26:52 AM PST
by
flashbunny
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