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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:24 PM Original message |
$1000 fine for bumper sticker...my car is 100% powered by vegetable oil |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is BS for this guy on so many levels |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. My reaction exactly |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. "level" my ass. Moral of story: Do not put a bumper sticker on your car |
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Alexia Wheaton (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Correct. The government is out for themselves. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. There is even a story along these lines in the northeast |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Illinois Man Fined Thousands And Threatened With Felony Prosecution For Using Untaxed Biodiesel |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm speechless, really I am. |
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Alexia Wheaton (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hate when the government interferes with creativity! |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. that's their essential job. n/t |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. The government will always derail and subvert progress. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Government would be an instrument of progress |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. I can't even type the words that describe this kind of shit!!! |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Where are the freaking recs? |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wow! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. You also have to wonder... |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. You can get a refund on the gas you use for off-road, but you have to file... |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. Hmm. In that case, it might just be easier to invent myself |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Untaxed (and dyed) diesel/fuel oil/kerosene is readily available. |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Belated welcome to DU, sl8! |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Grazie, grazie. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Yeah, a friend of mine who drives an old diesel car told me about that |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I seem to recall |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. I would say exempt the tax right now, but it pretty much is a road use tax |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. Uh oh . . . |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You shouldn't be able to ride your bike on the public streets |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm not paying that tax on the food I eat to power my bicycle! |
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Spangle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh my GOSH! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. That would be common sense. But remember, tobacco is legal and cannibis not. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wasn't there a story like this out of Illinois a few months ago? |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. Shouldn't electric cars be subject to this fine also? |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. do you suppose that this is one of the causes for the disappearance of the electric car? |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. You can bet good money the states are working on contingency plans to collect road use tax... |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why can't they just add $100 to his licensing fee |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. This totally sucks. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. This needs to be deregulated now....! |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. I gotta disagree with the premise of his argument |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I agree 100%! I was thinking the same thing... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. ***cough*** |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. the state senator had a bone-headed statement too: |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Because it is in the public interest to promote alternative fuels... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. but the roads still have to be paid for... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. You have it completely backwards |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. This case brings to mind the old bumper sticker, which I'm guessing freeper-types like: |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
28. This calls for an "I'm Spartacus" defense |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. now that's an idea |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. "I'm Spartacus" defense - I like it |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. Why isn't the government going after the oil corps. for failing to pay their taxes? |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Anyone making $$$ hand-over-fist is exempt from taxation. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. I wonder if theoretically he could use a double taxation argument? |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't understand why he doesn't just pay the tax? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. he is not using off road diesel`` |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. Oil companies make $100,000,000 / day and pay no taxes on it. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. He should pay |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. are you serious? he makes his own fuel!! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. He uses the roads |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. How can you be taxed for a product you don't use? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. There's a guy here with a bumper sticker that says |
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