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Misty Blue · 01-22-2009, 12:57 AM

A year or so ago the state raised the cigarette tax $.30 per pack. The folks in our neighbor states said s---- it. It's not worth the time or gas anymore and state revenues went down 2.4 million. Money lost.

The fish and have raised the hunting fees so much that many (casual) hunters who maybe went out one or two days a season are not relicensing. My brother in law who lives out of state isn't going to spend over a hundred bucks for a weekend up at my place. Money lost.

We havn't used the sunfish for a couple of years but kept registering it out of habit. Maybe not this year. Lost money.

We have a mooring that hasn't been used all that much lately. Maybe we should drop that. Lost money.

My point is that many of the dollars spent on the Lake are discretionary dollars and sudden large increases may not bring in more cash.

Just a thought.

Misty Blue.

01-22-2009, 12:57 AM	#32
Misty Blue Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 658 Thanks: 121 Thanked 283 Times in 98 Posts	Do tax/fee increases really bring in the dough? A year or so ago the state raised the cigarette tax $.30 per pack. The folks in our neighbor states said s---- it. It's not worth the time or gas anymore and state revenues went down 2.4 million. Money lost. The fish and have raised the hunting fees so much that many (casual) hunters who maybe went out one or two days a season are not relicensing. My brother in law who lives out of state isn't going to spend over a hundred bucks for a weekend up at my place. Money lost. We havn't used the sunfish for a couple of years but kept registering it out of habit. Maybe not this year. Lost money. We have a mooring that hasn't been used all that much lately. Maybe we should drop that. Lost money. My point is that many of the dollars spent on the Lake are discretionary dollars and sudden large increases may not bring in more cash. Just a thought. Misty Blue.