Posted on 06/12/2007 8:58:57 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
Vegetable oil sticks him with $1,000 fine
Bob Teixeira decided it was time to take a stand against U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
So last fall the Charlotte musician and guitar instructor spent $1,200 to convert his 1981 diesel Mercedes to run on vegetable oil. He bought soybean oil in 5-gallon jugs at Costco, spending about 30 percent more than diesel would cost.
His reward, from a state that heavily promotes alternative fuels: a $1,000 fine last month for not paying motor fuel taxes. He has been told to expect another $1,000 fine from the federal government.
To legally use veggie oil, state officials told him, he would have to first post a $2,500 bond.
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Bureaucrats Gone Wild.
What’s with NC? Isn’t that where Nifong is from?
Waitaminute. So let’s say there is a public transit system in Charlotte, and you live in town and there is a bus that can take you to work, and you take it. Are you going to get fined as well, or is that tax included in the cost of your bus fare? This just sounds nuts. What if you ride a bicycle, etc.
They’d tax walking if we couldn’t drive.
Notice it was the GOOBER-ment that came to price-gouge him and not the evil oil companies.
No good deed goes unpunished!!
This shouldn’t surprise anyone on this forum. Government bureaucracy is insane! Of course anyone who believes that burning vegetable oil in their car is going to solve our energy “problem” is insane also.
In ancient Egypt, they did just that (toll roads)
If the guy had just done it and shut up about it, he might have gotten off. There’s a lesson in that somewhere.
Figure out a way to propel yourself along the road with the methane from your f*rts, and some an*l retentive, egomaniacal commissar somewhere will insist you wear a meter on your butt. And rent the meter from the government.
Such are the times in which we’re living.
So now NC wants to tax this guy for the fuels he would have used?
-PJ
“Theyd tax walking if we couldnt drive.”
LOL!! George Harrison was way ahead of them on this one!!
If you drive a car car) I’ll tax the street
(If you try to sit sit) I’ll tax your seat
(If you get too cold cold) I’ll tax the heat
(If you take a walk walk) I’ll tax your feet
Taxman!
‘Cause I’m the taxman
Yeah, I’m the taxman
and when you die, I’ll tax the pennys on your eyes
Yeah I’m the taxman!
Yeah. It's time for another tea party
Up here in Maine, the Governor (dem)got passed a tax on waitresses meals that they get at work - they get about $2,50-3.00 an hour - not even half of minimum wage. (His family owns a restaurant in his home town - bet he hasn't been paying taxes on meals there)
Now he wants to tax services. For ex: if I pay someone to owe my lawn, I'll owe sales tax on it -
I hope he's not too up on history. In the olden days, the reason many houses didn't have closets, but started using armoires instead is because the governments taxed closets - and soap was a scarcity - it too was taxed. (Don't anyone let the cat out of the bag...)
I give the 2 handed middle finger salute to these intrusive, tyrannical government agencies. Puke on them ALL as they rip us off immensely.
If you don’t pay fuel taxes but use the roads, you should expect to pay the road taxes.
I believe off-road use (farm and construction equipment) would be road tax free. In fact off-road use of diesel gets you a tax credit to pay you back for the road tax built in that you’re not liable for.
Okay, am I the only one who keeps wanting to read that as “brothel”?
There you go. The key to success, especially where you're dealing with the government.
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