Fixer-upper for sale - a real bargain. Will negotiate.
Posted on 12/13/2005 2:30:07 PM PST by cope85
Maryland Begins Taxing Residents for Flushing Monday, December 12, 2005 LA PLATA, Md.
The arrival of bills for the state's new "flush tax" is taking some property owners by surprise in Charles County. "I have cauliflower ear," said County Treasurer Jerome Peuler.
"I think we've probably received thousands of phone calls because people are not used to getting a bill that looks like a tax bill out of cycle."
The new Maryland "flush tax," a $30 fee that generates money for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration Fund, will be collected for the first time this year.
It was seen as a major piece of environmental legislation for Gov. Robert Ehrlich. It is expected to raise $60 million to $70 million a year
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Snicker...this is almost funny. So how did they sneak this one through the door? Hopefully they left the lid down after they voted????
This tax stinks to high heaven.
And I had a lib get hot under the collar when I called this state the "people's Republic of Maryland", the guy was ready to throw punches after I suggested taxes were far to high for the quality of service.
Then I found out he worked for the school district next county over, I just removed myself as quickly as possible. He was acting like he was spoiling for a fight I had no intention to give.
It is an old and venerable tradition. "Pecunia non olet" by one Vespasian Flavius.
Poop Tax? I can die now. I've seen it all.
I heard a rumor that out house sales are through the roof. Anyone else here this???
I think the folks in MD ought to have themselves a little T(P)-party...
With the low flow toilets you usually have to flush twice. Would that be considered double taxation????
Process of elimination???????????
~sigh~
Why doesn't this *ever* happen to me.
Story of my life.
...wrong place at the wrong time. {g}
"The governor wanted it and got it passed a while back, and it kind of seemed to go away for a while," Curtian said. "Now it's close to reality because people are going to start seeing their fee."
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s original proposal in January 2004 called for the $2.50 per month surcharge to be levied only on users of municipal sewage systems, which would have covered about 84 percent of Marylanders. Septic system owners were added after wrangling between the governor and legislative leaders that lasted nearly the entire 2004 session.
Ehrlich expressed misgivings about the septic provisions of the bill but said at the time the measure was "too important to veto."
hmmm, so in MD property tax covers all the improvements except toilets.....interesting state: Note to self, stay the hell out of MD.......
"People are coming in here saying, 'I have a two-hole outhouse, I'm not going to pay you.' " Peuler said. "We have a saying around here: 'You pee, you poo, you pay.' The three P's, you know?"
Too funny. Good job Maryland taxpayers, keep those contributions coming.
Oh, and please don't move here to Virginia to avoid the taxation that you voted for. We already have too many liberals.
Thank you.
a $30 fee that generates money for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration Fund
JUst paid my poop tax - but i will get even - prunes every day from now on with plenty of cabbage..might just send a sample to the GOV.
Hello Gov. Martin O'Malley
And yet another Republican goes down in flames after taking a Democrat's tax-and-spend suggestion.
Ping.
The urine was used for washing, that is.
I heard the blurb on the radio about MD. The reporter signs off, "For XYZ news, I'm I.P. Daley, thankfully in NY,...."
Time for all Marylanders to join the "sh## house side of the state".
In an around about way, this illustrates why we should eliminate withholding taxes from paychecks and ask people to send in a check each quarter. People get worked up about a $30 tax, not because $30 is anything to get excited about, but because they see that they have to send money for no benefit. We would probably have a lot more tax rage if we had to send money instead of just not getting it in our checks.
Fixer-upper for sale - a real bargain. Will negotiate.
Government is the big one
"But, but, you just effectively voted to let DC tax us! Thanks for the pay cut!" was the outrage.
You know what they say about most Democrat-sponsored legislation: "You can polish a t***, but it's still a t***." Now we can change that to: "You can polish a t***, but let's tax it instead!"
Which does what exactly? Like our "clean air campaign" down here. Just a damn jobs program and black hole. Some idiot at our office called to get us on their program and they have raffles for ipods, give aways for pedometers (in the city with the world's longest average commute), and pay people to "swear" they are carpooling with no proof. I used to be in the enviro industry; it died because most of it was bull.
Yes, I can visualize that. Everyone lined up at the IRS on the Ides of April to pee in a bottle. Of course, the rich don't have to pee as much as the middle class and the poor gets to use it to wash their duds.
Yea well in a place so full of it, they know they've got'cha by the short-hairs. {g}
"...interesting state: Note to self, stay the hell out of MD..."
Yea and it gets even worse.
If you drive a Corvette & live in MD forget about getting insurance at a "reasonable" price.
Just forgetabouit.
Hmmmmmm, given Baltimore et al?
...wonder why that'd be? :o)
(a $30 fee that generates money for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration Fund) and no one to watch money
Gov. Robert Ehrlich has double the tax on your car tag
I guess the way to beat this is to have an outhouse, right? /snicker
No one snuck this through the door. There was huge PR when it was signed last year. Some people don't read the news regarding state legislation.
PS: It's a lousy tax. In my area the City of Annapolis annexes every blade of grass within 1000 feet of the Bay so developers can pave it. Eastern shore farmers dump wholesale slop and fertilizer into the rivers. Pennsylvania and Virgina flush into the Bay without taxation. A "tax" to restore water quality is nothing more than throwing money to the the enviro whacko movement to "educate" us about how we are polluting the Bay.
Just imstall oneof these:
http://www.incinolet.com/aboutus_2.htm
INCINOLET uses electric heat to reduce human waste (urine, solids, paper) to a small amount of clean ash, which is dumped periodically into the garbage. INCINOLET remains clean because waste never touches the bowl surface. A bowl liner, dropped into the bowl prior to use, captures the waste, then both liner and its content drop into the incinerator chamber when the foot pedal is pushed. You can use INCINOLET at any time-even while it is in cycle.
Gee I wonder if this Gov Ehrlich ever heard of Gray(out) Davis?
If not.
...he will. ;^)
A fitting protest would be to go and crap on the steps of the Governor's Mansion. A crowd of 10,000 could make a real stink of it.
House sales through the roof over a $30 assessment? I don't think so. If the high income taxes in Maryland didn't drive you out of the state, this sure won't.
Did you happen to notice that since the "tax on your car tag" doubled, you renew your tag every other year instead of every year? Before complaining too loudly, you may want to do the math on that one!
this is what its all about New World Order Rising? - Thoughts on the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/743512/posts?page=10
look at the cost of all
what about the tolls on the roads that doubled
Good lord...I said OUT HOUSE! Hooked on phonics?
heh
I awaken to a clock radio, which was taxed.
I put in my robe, which was taxed, and head towards the shower.
On the way I stop by the kitchen to turn on the coffee pot, which was taxed.
In the bathroom I shave with a razor and cream that were both taxed.
I brush my teeth with a toothbrush and toothpaste which were both taxed.
When I turn on the shower, I realize that both the water and soap are taxed.
During drying, I realize that the towel was taxed.
On to the bedroom to get dressed in my taxed clothes.
When I get to the kitchen, I drink the brew that is now ready. The water, coffee grounds, and electricity to brew the java were taxed.
I eat a bowl of cereal that was taxed.
I walk the family dog which was taxed using a leash that was taxed.
I leave my home, which is taxed, for work which is taxed as an occupational privilege.
To get there, I drive my auto which is taxed a number of ways (title tax, registration tax, sales tax, gas tax, tire tax, etc).
Since I have to take the tollway on the way to work, I am taxed to use the road that I was taxed to build.
On the way I get a call which is taxed on my cell phone which is taxed from my wife, who is not taxed yet, asking me to pick up some bread that will be taxed when I come home.
When I arrive at my employment I am taxed to park my auto at a meter.
I begin work to earn money which will be taxed both when I earn it and when I spend it.
At the end of the work day I return home on the tollway, once again being taxed along the way.
Before dinner, I sit on the back porch to enjoy the view, which is taxed, of the mountains from my backyard.
After eating my dinner which was taxed, I settle down to watch a cable news network which is taxed on my television that was taxed and is operated by the electricity which is taxed.
And now, you tell me that I have to pay a tax to use my crapper that is connected to a hole in the ground???????
Next they will be taxing sleep?????
the government take 40% to 50% of my income, that is sick
If not for Free Republic, a lot of us would not be privy to this info.
The gov already takes over 50% of a lot of our incomes.
They will tax the air we breath.
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