Posted on 02/05/2019 12:51:34 PM PST by Red Badger
How does New Jersey put up with such idiocy?
Rain Tax is just another scam on the people. Next comes the Sun Tax, then the Cloud Tax, then the Dirt tax...................
This is a political career killer.
Maryland tried this and had to repeal it. In fact, repealing the rain tax was one of the things that got Governor Hogan elected.
I keep thinking that when the tipping point comes, progressives are going to think of the days of the French Revolution as comparatively good times.
There really is no punishment fitting enough for these losers.
How much runoff from all the roads built with taxpayers money plus the taxes to maintain them? Is going to come up with a rain road tax now?
And it just keeps happening....and WHY?
Because the STUPID LEFTIST voters keep voting these communists back into office. Vote them all out in a huge referendum and IT WILL STOP!!!!!
No wonder the northeast is bleeding people
Why any sane person would remain there and continue to be taxed to death is beyond me.
Time to start executing these greedy idiotic bastards... Legally, of course, after a fair trial, then string ‘em up!
No wonder why everyone is moving out of the US Northeast who’s not connected to Wall Street.
I wonder if this measure would nationally correspond with those states making COLLECTION OF RAINWATER illegal:
Yes, there are some states that FORBID people to save water falling from the sky.
In other places it is called a storm water fee. And is levied as a special assessment. It is for drainage improvements. Living in Florida it is just the norm. Runoff is a major threat to the Indian River Lagoon and the St. Lucie river.
This was proposed where I live about 4 or 5 years ago and was shouted down. It has been proposed several other places over the last 10 years. I do not know if anyplace has started collecting yet. I have been surprised that California hasn’t started it yet. However, there is constant pressure from the EPA to clean up our water, even water falling from the sky, so I imagine that it will eventually be put in place somewhere.
The alternatives the EPA are proposing are porous concrete, planters everywhere, catch basins, etc. These are ALL very high maintenance (costly) items.
The lead is a bit misleading: It looks like a tax on property with lots of paving, not a tax imposed when it rains.
Houston imposed a drainage fee recently. While it has been a mess as implemented, I don’t really see a problem with it in theory. If you need to build new infrastructure to control flooding caused by increased runoff from developed property, it seems fair to have the owners of the property causing the runoff to pay for it. More fair than just taxing everyone to pay for it.
Even Wall Streeters don’t need to live there any more. With internet you can be a trader in Trinidad...................
“How does New Jersey put up with such idiocy?”
They love it...the majority votes for democrats.
They put up with it because theyre stupid, but they dont know theyre stupid. They think theyre smart east coast intellectuals looking down on those of us in fly over country. Florida is still fly over country as is Georgia.
The worst thing about that is, they move to a southern state, such as Georgia, and vote for someone who would enact similar policies, such as Stacey Abrams.
They should stay where they are, fight, and learn from experience who not to vote for.
Neah. They’re going to tax chimneys next.
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