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You know more than me on the draft. I presume the gist of my point is still sound?
The gist yes.
You know more than me on the draft. I presume the gist of my point is still sound?
do non-gun owners vote and pay taxes?.... if so, they can ante up their share for the mandates their state government put on gun purchasers.... rest assured the gun owners who vote and pay taxes will be paying for it too.
I want you to think long and hard about the notion of only having those whom make use of government services pay for them.
as for fees vs taxes... it used to be clear.. a user fee was fine, as it was only to be used for a specific purpose(to fund whatever specific service the fee was levied on)
In Colorado, that's no longer the case... funds from a fee can be transferred to the general fund to pay for general government ( which used to automatically define it as a "tax") and it's still not considered a tax.... in other words, the courts blurred the lines between fees and taxes making them indistinguishable.
Barber v Ritter was the case that utterly demolished precedent set in Bloom V. City of Fort Collins.(Colorado supreme court cases)
those whom live in Colorado are probably familiar with the increased fees on vehicle registration.... the probably aren't aware that some of that money goes to the general fund, which would have once defined it as a tax... the importance here is that tax increase have to go to the people for permission, fees do not.... blurring the line between taxes and fees now makes it legal to raise taxes without going to the citizens for permission.
so yeah...arguing about fees versus taxes isn't as clear cut as you would like it to be....for all intents and purposes, fees are taxes in Colorado.
Gee, better roads, schools, bridges, or lower taxes. I take the former.
do non-gun owners vote and pay taxes?.... if so, they can ante up their share for the mandates their state government put on gun purchasers.... rest assured the gun owners who vote and pay taxes will be paying for it too.
I want you to think long and hard about the notion of only having those whom make use of government services pay for them.[b/]
I don't use the TV for anything but entertainment. Taxes are needed. The pleasure to own a gun is a taxing situation. See?