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LIforrelaxin · 01-05-2007, 10:59 AM

I pay to registrar my boat where ever I use it the most....(in my case NH)...this is a UNIVERSAL law in all the states....and it is supposed to recipicate just like my car....there is no reason to have to pay a fee to an other state to use my boat....I understand that other areas like lake George have done this...but once people start complaining, the additional fee will disappear, just like those NH plates did in the 80s....lets learn from the past people.......

Now for all you whiners out there about taxes....Answer me this....when was the last time that the Sales tax was raised in Taxachusetts....hummm any guess.... well I lived there for several years.... and for over 20 years (I have no idea when the 5% Tax was instated) it hasn't changed.... now I have no idea about VT (I have only lived there for 8 years) or Maine, but my quess is there taxes have been steady for a long time too....see there is a funny thing about Taxes....they tend to keep up with the economy...the more people make or spend the more that gets collected... Unlike fees...which are constant, and have no variability to keep up with the economy and inflation....but what do I know....But I promise this if the state is allowed to keep putting fees on everything....your going to end up worse off then with a TAX.... I have a modest flotilla....a boat currently at 50$ to register...and if I had to add 10 for my canoe, and 10 for each kayak (X2) .... well that gets me to 80 dollars..... you know with a 1% sales tax you know I would have to spend 8000 dollars to pay that much (or if I only looked at what I am not pay now I would have to spend 3000 dollars to give the state 30)....
Now with those kids of fiqures I would rather see a Tax law instated that defined how the money was to be used.....so that everyone could help pay for the states funding short falls....they are going to get it one way or another...we all agree on that... but I think people need to think about spreading out the burdon....unless.... there is going to be a fee for everything....and my vote for the next fee would be the Child in school fee.....

01-05-2007, 10:59 AM	#26
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,995 Thanks: 1,067 Thanked 928 Times in 549 Posts	Ok Here is the thing on registraring a boat. I pay to registrar my boat where ever I use it the most....(in my case NH)...this is a UNIVERSAL law in all the states....and it is supposed to recipicate just like my car....there is no reason to have to pay a fee to an other state to use my boat....I understand that other areas like lake George have done this...but once people start complaining, the additional fee will disappear, just like those NH plates did in the 80s....lets learn from the past people....... Now for all you whiners out there about taxes....Answer me this....when was the last time that the Sales tax was raised in Taxachusetts....hummm any guess.... well I lived there for several years.... and for over 20 years (I have no idea when the 5% Tax was instated) it hasn't changed.... now I have no idea about VT (I have only lived there for 8 years) or Maine, but my quess is there taxes have been steady for a long time too....see there is a funny thing about Taxes....they tend to keep up with the economy...the more people make or spend the more that gets collected... Unlike fees...which are constant, and have no variability to keep up with the economy and inflation....but what do I know....But I promise this if the state is allowed to keep putting fees on everything....your going to end up worse off then with a TAX.... I have a modest flotilla....a boat currently at 50$ to register...and if I had to add 10 for my canoe, and 10 for each kayak (X2) .... well that gets me to 80 dollars..... you know with a 1% sales tax you know I would have to spend 8000 dollars to pay that much (or if I only looked at what I am not pay now I would have to spend 3000 dollars to give the state 30).... Now with those kids of fiqures I would rather see a Tax law instated that defined how the money was to be used.....so that everyone could help pay for the states funding short falls....they are going to get it one way or another...we all agree on that... but I think people need to think about spreading out the burdon....unless.... there is going to be a fee for everything....and my vote for the next fee would be the Child in school fee..... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....