Board:   [WWIVnet] General Chat
Subject: Re: Vacation spots
From:    Weatherman #1 @1 (Mark)
To:      Jahmas #29 @707
Date:    Fri Nov 14, 2025 19:16

J> Massachusetts does the same thing with inspections. We also have an annual
J> excise tax on our cars based on the estimated value of your vehical. In
J> Maryland you pay that tax when you buy your car. Here it's annual and it
J> goes towards improving the roads etc. Still there are pot holes. So there
J> is a trend to drive "beaters" like old pickup trucks. You really get
J> screwed if you buy a new car. How's that for a consumer incentive?

Yeah, there are about 5-10 taxes here in MD that are supposed to go to the
roads (property tax, gas tax, tolls, etc).  We should be driving on roads made
of gold.

That and all the casinos that were supposed to go to schools - yet some still
have no AC.  It must be nice working in the government where there is no
independent audit of the budget showing where money is really going.

But yes, buying old beaters gets around lots of those taxes.

- Mark

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