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Swiss village: pay your dog tax or Fido gets it
Yahoo ^ | 1/10/11 | AP

Posted on 01/10/2011 9:37:40 AM PST by NormsRevenge

GENEVA – A Swiss village has found a drastic way to compel dog holders to pay their pet's annual tax: cough up, or the dog gets it.

.. a law from 1904 allows the village to kill dogs if its owner does not pay the canine charge.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: dogtax; fido; swiss
Yes, they have received threats since news of this plan came out.
1 posted on 01/10/2011 9:37:43 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Tough but fair!

JK :)


2 posted on 01/10/2011 9:40:18 AM PST by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: NormsRevenge

Is there a marriage tax you can skip paying?


3 posted on 01/10/2011 9:41:42 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: DesertRhino

Too late, your spouse already file the “motion to deny payment”.


4 posted on 01/10/2011 9:49:01 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer (biblein90days.org))
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To: NormsRevenge

Good. Its bad enough they’ve ripped off Holocaust survivors with no penalty.


5 posted on 01/10/2011 9:53:33 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine (I'm shocked! Shocked to find out that gambling is going on in here!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Please pay the tax!


6 posted on 01/10/2011 9:56:00 AM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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To: NormsRevenge
"This isn't about a mass execution of dogs," Nemitz said. "It's meant to put pressure on people who don't cooperate."

Kind of 'pressure' like the Mafia uses... only, being Swiss, I'm sure after they plug your pooch, they'll wash the sidewalk of any blood.

7 posted on 01/10/2011 10:05:27 AM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: NormsRevenge

8 posted on 01/10/2011 10:08:30 AM PST by Cheburashka (Democratic Underground - the Hogwarts of Stupid.)
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To: NormsRevenge

A lot of cops here in the U.S. would LOVE to have that law on the books.


9 posted on 01/10/2011 10:14:47 AM PST by PalmettoMason (It's easy being a menace to society when WAY OVER half the population is happy being sheep.)
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To: Cheburashka

Came to the thread just to see that. Thanks, you didn’t disappoint.


10 posted on 01/10/2011 10:17:47 AM PST by thecabal (Destroy Progressivism)
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To: NormsRevenge

How about taxes owed by companies who hire illegals?


11 posted on 01/10/2011 10:28:23 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: NormsRevenge
Wasn't there a story on here a while back about a town that kept an old guy in jail for three days so the pound would gas his dog before he could claim it?
12 posted on 01/10/2011 10:32:57 AM PST by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: PalmettoMason
A lot of cops here in the U.S. would LOVE to have that law on the books.

A lot of cops here in the U.S. would LOVE to think that we do have that law on the books.

There. Fixed that for ya.

13 posted on 01/10/2011 11:58:54 AM PST by atomic_dog
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To: NormsRevenge

Don’t tell Obama this or he’ll use the death penalty to enforce the individual mandate.


14 posted on 01/10/2011 12:21:24 PM PST by DrC
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To: NormsRevenge

Shoot my dog? If I feel sorry for you, you will only get a .357 vasectomy. But If I don’t, you had better be prayed up, cause you and the dog are going in the cold, cold ground.


15 posted on 01/10/2011 4:22:04 PM PST by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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