Guest Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 In the US I know, but it pays to keep an eye on the bastards http://www.wsmv.com/story/16773393/stat ... -hobbiests Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I've had a very similar thing happen to me here. The thieving bastards wanted $40K odd off me as they said we did some thing we didn't. Took 4 months to clear it up and the threats coming from the Govt Dept were getting very heated.... and the costs they were trying to load on for non-payment etc were rising at about $500 a day. But I won, I used the very legislation they were going me with against them. I must admit it was rather good fun but then I knew I was right and they weren't. It probably happens a lot here also to varying degrees as the US Govt is knot much more fucked up than the NZ Govt is. Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Never forget Muldoons 20% boat tax. can't happen here? did happen here!! Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 381 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Muldoon's what now? I noticed this thin in Tennessee also. It's unbelievable. Basically they're looking to tax you if you achieve anything. In their eyes, anything you do to enhance your life should be taxed. Won't be long before they start taxing folk the sales tax, VAT or whatever they should have paid on their home-made diner had they bought it at a restaurant. It's called an application of authority outside it's natural limit. Sure, tax needs to be paid, it's unavoidable. But people also have a right to not be unfairly or overtaxed. The determination of what should and shouldn't be taxed needs a carefully and clearly defined limit. As prostitution is legal in NZ and many other countries, the extension of this VAT example above to shagging your lover is only a natural progression. This also is a situation of the determination of tax burden being outsourced to a private company which is an effective (and unconstitutional) application of liberian anarchism. It's privatization of a public concern and its ultimate outcome is the modern establishment of monarchism. Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 381 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 As a further point, It's interesting that by the Tennessee approach, if you sell something you own privately, for more than you paid for it or it's constituent parts, then you should pay a value added tax. In this case you should also be able to sell your old crap for almost nothing, and claim the tax rebate because you made a loss.... The responsibility we must bear and the price we pay for Democracy is that we are ever vigilant to ensure that the Lions who protect us don't devour us. We ignore politics at our own peril. Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 That's telling them Dr Watson! Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 381 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 OMG, when do you sleep Megwyn? Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 OMG, when do you sleep Megwyn? Sometimes - when it's dark I slept from 2200 to 0430 last night - that's good isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 381 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I guess, A friend of mine once suggested I was getting old, as I left at 2am from a party, to go home and sleep. Her motto was "plenty of time to sleep when you're dead." Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 (Major thread drift) LOL - I knew someone with that motto too. Died of a heart attack at 51 You need some sleep, and I often catch a power nap in the day. Seeing as I must go check on the boat after all this rain, I may have a nap there once I feel the gentle rocking . . . Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 381 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 ah, don't remind me of such things. All the water for miles around here is non-rocking. I walked across the lake on Sunday... Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I walked across the lake on Sunday... Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I walked across the lake on Sunday... But your lake looks like this. FPSA (Front Page Sailing Anarchy) Now that's cold. Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 381 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 yup! that's why I'm bloody glad we brought the boat inside this winter. That ice must be playing havoc with the rigging.... Link to post Share on other sites
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