[John D]

I know a well off guy who just bought a $160,000 Ford GT. He is a Florida resident living in MN for 5 months out of the year. For fun he called MN and ask them how much to license that $150,000 car for a year in MN - the answer was $2,700. It cost him $500 to license it in Florida for a year.....

I have a wonderful idea. If the tax situation is so much better in Florida why not move there. I know, you probably can not get the same job there as you can in MN. There are trade offs for everything. MN is going to have many more expenses dealing with roads in the winter, somebody has to pay for them. Do you not think the people who use the roads pay rather than those who do not?

[macquire]

Yes. Taxes are better in Florida. That is why so many business owners and wealthy people give up their MN residency and move to Florida for a bit over 6 months out of the year. Now if Democrats had not made MN so uncompetitive on taxes and these business and wealthy had stayed in MN, taxes wouldn’t have to be so high on all of us.

As far as taxes for the roads: We have been told that is why MN fuel tax per gallon is $.27 per gallon, 20th highest in the nation. Then we have a 5 to 8% state income tax, real estate taxes of about 1.2% of value, sales tax of 7.125% or higher, and of course fees, fees, fees on everything you do.

[Blue Highway]

toll roads generate a lot of $$$$ for road maintenance.