DeTomaso Mailing List: April 1997, Message #116
     



From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay.laughton@itron.com>

Subject: Re: Fwd: Message on bill sb_42 : billroot:[current.sb.from00

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 13:26:44 -0700



At 12:43 04/15/97 -0800, Dan Miller wrote:

>        Reading this tripe makes me violently ill!  It is so very obvious,

>     just from this information alone, that the only thing the government

>     is worried about is the "MONEY".  Everything else is secondary......

>     just an excuse.  I see the same kinds of BS in corporate P & L

>     summaries, etc, all of the time.  Very, very frustrating to say the

>     least!   Phwew, now I feel better letting off some steam.

>



::snip::



>The contract for Electronic Transmission specifies

>the contractor may impose a cost-per-call charge

>per transaction by smog check stations.  The

>cost-per-call charge is based on a predetermined

>volume of transactions.  If the number of vehicles

>declines as a result of this bill, the Department

>of Consumer Affairs must increase the cost-per-call

>charge to ensure the contracted revenue stream or

>compensate the contractor with a direct payment.





Okay, so what the hell do they think is going to happen because of the

legislation for MANDATORY electric vehicles?  They don't go through

emission inspections do they? So aren't the numbers EXPECTED to go down?

What kind of silly-ass tax are they going to impose on the electric cars?

How is the state going to get it's "fair share" of "transaction fees" when

the number of cars, as per their own legislation, that get tested for

emissions is going to go down?



This sounds like another case of governmental ignorance, being blind to

ignorance they already put into place, just to find ways in which they

perceive their coffers being filled.  They want money, to pay for the

bureaucracy that finds other ways to raise money, to pay for the

bureaucracy that finds other ways to raise money, to pay for the

bureaucracy that ...................



On a similar note, a friend once saved all her receipts for an entire year,

then went back and figured how much she gave up to the government.  Between

Federal, sales, excise, property, luxury, local and other taxes too

numerous to name but we all pay, she figured her NET income at about 25% of

her gross.  In other words, if you made 60K gross, you only had about 15K

to spend.  Now tell me, are you comfortable having only 15K to pay for

things like food, insurance, clothing, medical needs rent/house payment,

car payment, etc?  Adjust the gross for your actual and figure your net

from there.  I don't know about you, but I'd like to be able to rent a

movie sometime.



The government be damned, we are the people who put them there, lets' take

them out.





Asa Jay Laughton

7X Pantera - Two year goal to aquisition

71 Mustang Mach I - Looks Fast, Goes Fast, 72 Mustang Convertible - Topless

Fun in the Sun

87 Jeep Cherokee - Tows the boat