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Did I read that correctly?
A crawl at the bottom of the screen on CNN this morning says North Carolina
is considering raising taxes on pet food as a means of reducing pet overpopulation. My first reaction would be that it's about as misguided as raising gas taxes to discourage consumption... Anybody here got more background on this? |
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Anybody here got more background on this?
It's true. They plan to tax pet food to raise money for spay/neuter. http://www.wral.com/news/2873206/detail.html |
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You have to wonder what they are thinking. The one that would make sense
would be creating a law that requires those taking in animals must have them spayed or neutered. -- Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com "RobZip" wrote in message ... A crawl at the bottom of the screen on CNN this morning says North Carolina is considering raising taxes on pet food as a means of reducing pet overpopulation. My first reaction would be that it's about as misguided as raising gas taxes to discourage consumption... Anybody here got more background on this? |
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"Cat Protector" wrote in message news:CiWcc.10$fS6.8@okepread01... You have to wonder what they are thinking. The one that would make sense would be creating a law that requires those taking in animals must have them spayed or neutered. Greetings... They already have a "registration fee" that is significantly higher if your dog/cat is not neutered. Of course, irresponsible owners don't register or get annual shots. Therefore, they don't pay the fee. lal Living in NC, not looking to pay more for cat food for the spoiled rotten little critters. |
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"LAL" They already have a "registration fee" that is significantly higher if your dog/cat is not neutered. Of course, irresponsible owners don't register or get annual shots. Therefore, they don't pay the fee. lal Living in NC, not looking to pay more for cat food for the spoiled rotten little critters. Neither am I, but I am more concerned that the food tax for humans be repealed. We are one of only a few states that tax groceries and it hurts the poor. The bigger issue is that we have a huge deficit from all the natural disasters (and human ones) that we've had over the past years, and it has to be paid for somehow. Alcohol and cigarettes are already taxed out the wazoo. |
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"Mary" wrote in message m... Neither am I, but I am more concerned that the food tax for humans be repealed. We are one of only a few states that tax groceries. Alcohol and cigarettes are already taxed out the wazoo. Would I be correct that NC does not have a personal income tax? |
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"RobZip" wrote in message ... "Mary" wrote in message m... Neither am I, but I am more concerned that the food tax for humans be repealed. We are one of only a few states that tax groceries. Alcohol and cigarettes are already taxed out the wazoo. Would I be correct that NC does not have a personal income tax? Nope. We sure do have a personal income tax. |
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