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upthesaukee · 01-17-2009, 02:31 PM

I got curious what the fees (basic fees, without any adjustment to the other fees such as agent fees, etc) would work out to if they had an inflationary factor applied. Trying to find a chart to give some value to the increases since 1979 was a little interesting, so the first one I came to was the Social Security increases (see this website http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/colaseries.html ), so that's what I used.

I started with Sunbeam's $26 basic fee (Sunbeam: no criticism of you or your post...you just happened to have done out the math!

) and applied those increases (none for 1979), and I expected to see them go well above the new, but to my surprise, it came out to $74.29+.

I did not do any rounding off, just remultiplying by 1.xxx. I also did not put in the 5.8 increase for 2008.

So if someone had a 22 footer in 1979 (again, not pointing to Sunbeam) and continued to keep a boat in that length class, the increase would be about the same as we are seeing now.

The problem is that there have been no inflationary increase for thirty years. I can guarantee you that Marine Patrol costs have gone up in that same span.

I belong to a fraternal organization, and our state organization has not a dues increase for 9 years, and are now trying to catch up. We have included in our organizations's constitution an amendment to have the dues increase in pace with inflation, so we do not have a large jump in dues in the future.

I hope that the final act with have a means to have our fees keep place with inflation, and not wait years before another adjustment.

Again, thanks Sunbeam for the math, and again, no criticism sent your way from me.

01-17-2009, 02:31 PM	#26
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,608 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,478 Thanked 1,984 Times in 1,084 Posts	No increases since 1979 I got curious what the fees (basic fees, without any adjustment to the other fees such as agent fees, etc) would work out to if they had an inflationary factor applied. Trying to find a chart to give some value to the increases since 1979 was a little interesting, so the first one I came to was the Social Security increases (see this website http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/colaseries.html ), so that's what I used. I started with Sunbeam's $26 basic fee (Sunbeam: no criticism of you or your post...you just happened to have done out the math!) and applied those increases (none for 1979), and I expected to see them go well above the new, but to my surprise, it came out to $74.29+. I did not do any rounding off, just remultiplying by 1.xxx. I also did not put in the 5.8 increase for 2008. So if someone had a 22 footer in 1979 (again, not pointing to Sunbeam) and continued to keep a boat in that length class, the increase would be about the same as we are seeing now. The problem is that there have been no inflationary increase for thirty years. I can guarantee you that Marine Patrol costs have gone up in that same span. I belong to a fraternal organization, and our state organization has not a dues increase for 9 years, and are now trying to catch up. We have included in our organizations's constitution an amendment to have the dues increase in pace with inflation, so we do not have a large jump in dues in the future. I hope that the final act with have a means to have our fees keep place with inflation, and not wait years before another adjustment. Again, thanks Sunbeam for the math, and again, no criticism sent your way from me. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!