Re: $3550 speeding tickets proposed 'to raise revenue'
- From: Russell <Russell.Martin@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:39:32 -0700
On Jun 26, 8:14 pm, phil scott <p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
here is what I think. Our govt has gone certifiably criminally
insane..and proven it with this sort of insanity... and the bogus
immigration law that will decimate the nations middle class and in
the
end the tax base etc. Its not rocket science.
So much for the original purpose 'to protect and to serve'.
by the way most dont know that police/ fire and prison guards for the
last 6 years (new laws)... and retiring at 90 to 100% of their last
years income, and 'spiking' that...so the retirement is mostly over
100k, often $130,000 a year... some chiefs of police and fire
retiring
at over a quarter of a million a year...and at only age 51...these
will draw that money for decades.
Fund that is *their problem... thier solution has been this utterly
destructive insanity.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/18/1818.asp
"Virginia legislator introduces new speeding ticket tax that boosts
penalties beyond $3550, driving business to his traffic law firm."
Phil Scott
I happened to listen to the DC news radio station WTOP via
streaming audio today, and they talked about these new fines.
Interestingly their entire take was that it the law is to
discourage dangerous driving. Clearly the quote from the
law in the article says otherwise. Of course, the people
of VA still have the right to "vote the bums out" as someone
once said. The alternative is to *gasp* obey the law and
avoid tickets. (I personally wouldn't live there if I
could avoid it. They have a "personal property tax", which
means they tax your cars (and IIRC some other stuff like TVs)
every year, even after you've bought it and paid sales tax.
They tried to get rid of the car tax, and did partially the
last I heard, but I'm not sure if they decided they could
afford to finish the process or not. It was a big deal and
the false promise to eliminate it won one person election as
governor.)
Cheers,
Russell
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