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To: RinaseaofDs; heights

What do you mean by that?

I seem to remember some verbiage in there about reserving judgement to God.

The 40M yacht keeps middle class skilled folks employed. Something to keep in mind.

Speaking of which, back in the 90’s, Fed Gov put on a luxury tax on expensive cars and boats. the result was a loss of over 100,000 jobs in the boat building industry out of 600,000 total.

https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/03/opinion/l-boat-luxury-tax-drives-an-industry-aground-926091.html


22 posted on 07/26/2018 10:25:57 AM PDT by Flick Lives (Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation.)
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To: Flick Lives
Speaking of which, back in the 90’s,

Further back, that was Jimmy Carter's 25% luxury tax along with the gas shortage and resulting gas station lines. It destroyed the boating industry.....

Here in S.E. Michigan, boating is a huge. Not only did boat sales come to a screeching halt but all auto workers who lost their jobs couldn't sell their boats.......

The marinas along Lake St. Clair were filled with boats in dry dock by owners who couldn't afford to use them or had them up for sale.

59 posted on 07/26/2018 10:44:28 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
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To: Flick Lives

Fed Gov put on a luxury tax on expensive cars and boats.”””

JIMMAH CARTER did that.

His envy of more successful people was always available as a large chip on his shoulder.


118 posted on 07/26/2018 3:53:29 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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