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Thick_Piece t1_jeccgl2 wrote

Reply to comment by FyuckerFjord in Vermont House considers increasing DMV fees by FearandLoathinginBTV

You say this, but there are many middle class families like mine, I have two small dump trucks, two highly efficient cars for my business/employees, and a family car.

We are just hardly getting by because of the existing taxes and implementing more is not proper.

If the “carbon tax” goes through, customers will pay for that in another hidden tax. At some point it is too much. What are middle class folks supposed to do when it all comes to fruition?

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FyuckerFjord t1_jecfkeb wrote

You have business cars and dump trucks for work. You are not who I'm talking about when I say 4th car. I'm talking 4 Porches and Lexus and a summer Corvette with three ATVs in the winter chalet, etc. The point is to make those not paying their fair share do so. I'm working lower middle class here, and I agree, we pay a lot - and enough.

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Thick_Piece t1_jeck4hy wrote

Government is not smart enough to figure that out and most folks whom live out of state are not dealing with vermont dmv.

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FyuckerFjord t1_jecmj7u wrote

Nah, they're smart enough. But the funding has to be in the proper places. That's why the millionaire congressmen (mostly on the right) have been steadily defunding the IRS for decades. It takes a ton of resources to take down a big time tax crook, like say Trump, so instead the bare bones IRS office is relegated to pursuing poor and middle class America who can't afford to defend a full audit and just wind up paying.

But if we fund the proper watchdog agencies, the big time crooks can get hit and serious money can flow into the coffers, removing some of the burden from us Hoi polloi. Look at the Mueller fiasco - that recovered $46 million from Manafort alone.

I guess I just think our government can and should do better. Otherwise why are we even still here, voting?

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AKAManaging t1_jeencdp wrote

>most folk whom live out of state are not dealing with vermont dmv

Maybe it's just the town that I live in, but the people that have second homes here VERY MUCH do have a "Vermont car" that they have registered within the state.

It's, more often than not, a Luxury car with some type of AWD.

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Thick_Piece t1_jeeo0s3 wrote

And they paid a 6% tax on those rigs now they should pay more because of government ineptitude?

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