Not Ducky
Posted on 03/12/2007 8:29:19 AM PDT by Aglooka
SENATE BILL 255-FN-A "requiring non-motorized vessels to display conservation decals issued by the fish and game department."
SPONSORS: Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
NH Senate Wildlife, Fish and Game Committee: Next/Last Hearing: WILDLIFE, FISH AND GAME 3/14/2007 1:00:00 PM LOB 103
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/billstatus/commdetails.asp?txtcommcode=S35
Text of the bill: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/SB0255.html
Bill Sponsors: Barnes (Republican) Gallus (Republican) D'Allesandro (Democrat)
Contact information for representatives. NH State House:http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/default.html
NH State Senate:http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/
Are Floaties and Noodles next?
TAX, TAX, TAX -- it never stops.
This is the law in Illinois and Wisconsin. I don't know what the charges are in Wisconsin, but in Illinois it costs me $12 for a 2-year sticker.
Read my lips! No new taxes! :)
They'll probably do the same thing to tooth brushes next. Believe me, there will be a price to get that sticker.
New Hampshire: Slogan- Live Free Or Die???
We are seeing the growth of what happens when liberals decide they can cure/help any little problem that should be personal responsibility with the money they remove from everyone who knows how to exercise personal responsibility.
We are beyond the slippery slope. Now plummeting down the fast part of the chute.
Live free er...um not.
rat mentality continues its path to destruction of the American life.
Not Ducky
Somebodies Having untaxed fun. TAX!TAX!TAX!
They will try and blame this on us "Massholes" as they so classily and politely refer to us, but we didn't have anything to do with this, unless they want to invoke the "last one over the bridge" defense.
This is the law in Illinois and Wisconsin. I don't know what the charges are in Wisconsin, but in Illinois it costs me $12 for a 2-year sticker."
As a bookkeeper, I would bet that the price of processing the paperwork and the sticker is $12 or more, so this is just a giant cost of money or at best, a wash of money. Employment for another group of paper pushers and a bopther for the public.
Next they will go after the kids on the innertubes. After all, those work both summer in the water AND winter on the snow...
Massholes?
Not only is it the law in Illinois, but the Dept of Natural Resources patrols the lakes and rivers, and if you don't have your sticker, they will impound your canoe or kayak. Taxpayer dollars at work in the Land of Lincoln!
Or at least rubber rafts and air mattresses?
Water Wings and Fart Bubbles as well. In fact, they'll throw you into the water and if the water rejects you and you float, you get taxed. If the water accepts you, you pay nothing.
If there's a tax or fee for kayaks, that'll be news to me and a lot of others I know.
If there's a tax or fee for kayaks in Wisconsin, that'll be news to me and a lot of others I know.
Just Tattoo a Tax Stamp to your Butt. That way you can pay a sitting on your *ss tax.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
WWWD? What Would Washington Do?
You may say that we have a representative form of government, but, with a few exceptions on the local level, I don't think so. In effect, we have confiscatory taxation at all levels of government, a government that no longer fulfills its most important duties (see the Southern border and illegal immigrants choking schools and hospitals) and a political process that is distorted by mass media appeal rather than substance.
Lamentably, we citizens have our share of the blame. Our culture is so dumbed down that I doubt the average American has the civic IQ or the basic knowledge of issues to make informed choices at the polls or to otherwise intelligently add their voice to the debate.
As I have been saying for quite some time: "Time for another Tea Party" (And for you DUmmies: no, I don't mean violent uprising, just a bloodless revolution to get us back to the greatness that marked founding of this country)
Near us there are usually at least one canoe drowning a year. clearly we must ban Canoes and Kayaks for the good of the people. We especially should outlaw any canoes that hold more than 5 people. Oh the Hugh Manatee!!
A Masshole is a liberal from the Gay State who,for whatever reason (the skiing?) decided to move to NH and,when they arrived,realized that they must,with their ballots and contributions,vote to change their new home from a low tax,minority hating,gun loving Nazi backwater to a "progressive" paradise..
Today,Massholes represent a huge percentage of NH's voters...as evidenced by the fact that last November New Hampshire re-elected their RAT governor with about 75% of the vote and by the fact that both of their House seats,which had been held by Republicans,are now held by proud,unapologetic Marxist RATS.
Not too surprised by the effort to tax canoes and kayaks. What will be interesting is to see how these politicians define a 'non-motorized vessel'. Is a dug-out log a vessel? A wooden barrel? An inner tube? 6 noodles duct-taped together? At some point the politicians look like money grubbing fools.
Lots of backlash from the sheep local voters.
Now anything with a motor, even a trolling motor, has to have a state sticker.
Taxman by The Beatles
Let me tell you how it will be;
There's one for you, nineteen for me.
'Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don't take it all.
'Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
(if you drive a car, car;) - I’ll tax the street;
(if you try to sit, sit;) - I’ll tax your seat;
(if you get too cold, cold;) - I’ll tax the heat;
(if you take a walk, walk;) - I'll tax your feet.
Taxman!
'Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
Don't ask me what I want it for, (ah-ah, mister Wilson)
If you don't want to pay some more. (ah-ah, mister heath)
'Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
Now my advice for those who die, (taxman)
Declare the pennies on your eyes. (taxman)
'Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
And you're working for no one but me.
Taxman!
That's a shame. Too bad about what happened to NH, Vermont, and the rest of New England. Does anyone still refer to Connecticut as the arsenal of freedom?
I don't know about "arsenal of freedom" but it's the only New England state that a single Republican Congressman...and Lament lost there.
"the Dept of Natural Resources patrols the lakes and rivers, and if you don't have your sticker, they will impound your canoe or kayak."
You have just hit on the real reason for the tax. It allows the LEO's to stop and interrogate you for anything and look for other infractions. Just like the mandatory seat belt laws. The DNR have expanded their LEO arm and the need more things to do and people to hassle. I live in Indiana and it's happening here.
So,I quit hunting all together.They can kiss my a$$.Next will be a "tag" for boat trailers.Then they can tax you on your way to the water,in the water,and back home from the water.
Soon NH will be a copy of Vermont.
PADDLER'S PING!
You were right in the first four letters.
Next time you hear this playing, ask folks if they can tell you who Mr. Wilson and Mr. Heath were.
First of all, the bill has not been introduced, but has not been voted on. Let's not characterize the entire state by what a handful of policiticians want. If not, we can start with some of the bills that were introduced in say, Massachusetts, over the years....
As for the voters in NH, note that the votes for John Kerry in 2004 came from the northernmost counties, not the south (where the MA refugees are located). The North of NH has more "net-takers" from society than the south. Those who have escaped from MA (I am one of them; 12 years ago) are the type of people that vote more conservative and elect Republicans. We'll see what happens in 2008. Remember that if NH had gone the other way in 2000, the FL result would have been irrelevant and President Gore would have been in charge during 9/11....
2 RINOS and a rat conspire to deface other folks property and charge ya for it.
No it is not. The IL rule was voluntary, and I hadn't ever heard it changed. Flatlander's lauching their canoes and kayak's at the local lauch here in WI ~month ago, were not defaced with a 3" high, 1.5-2' long string of numbers. Folks only do it, to avoid being pulled over for a "papers please" check, in places like the MN boundary waters.
Sorry, looks like IL does require registration. The Statutes say a $6 fee. The regs don't require defacing the canoe, or kayak with the numbers though. That explains why I never see them, just the little IL DNR tag. WI requires no such thing. It's voluntary, like hwy trailer registration.
The measure failed in the state senate. I think it was 26 to 0...
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