he's as eccentric as it gets

He is also one of those taxes are illegal people

yes, taxation is theft

nothing wrong about that

car tax is real theft.

Taxation is not theft

a Stinger GT costs 50 grand at most USD

all taxation is theft

here it costs 150K

Taxation is part of the social contract

THIS IS FUCKING THEFT

In VA I have to pay 10% of my vehicle's value twice a year

200% tax

jesus

At least it depreciates

the social contract is a collectivist concept, though

But yeah I got a bill after I bought my car a few years ago and it was from the state saying "hey, you owe us $300, and in 6 months, you'll owe us another $290"

and if you don't pay, bye bye car, or jail

No

If I don't pay it, I don't pay it...but I can't renew my registration without paying

You should do a bunch of cosmetic damage to your car to lower the value.

it's almost like demanding money under the threat of violence

benji boy knows what's up

@Benjamin it doesn't matter what condition it's in, it goes by like KBB average I believe

Lame.

sad

Yeah...so last time I renewed my registration I did it for two years, so in theory I could just not pay any of it and pay a lump sum when I need to renew

I honestly don't have a big problem with taxes, I get that the government needs money to function, but I feel like if we got rid of all of the pointless spending, taxes would be able to be lowered.

my opposition to taxation is on ethical grounds, so there's no much need in arguing utilitarist points and so on

I think the fact that everyone pays taxes means that, for example, I should never see a road and go "fuck, I really don't want to drive down there because there are pot holes big enough that I've popped a tire." Shit like that should not be an issue.

And yet there are highways in MD that make me feel like I'm playing Frogger with my wheels and potholes

exactly

decentralizing the management of pathways would make it easier to well, manage them

even the centralization on municipal level is problematic

too bureaucratic

My thing is I don't care who gets it done, but my tax money is supposed to go to shit like that. It clearly isn't, so something is wrong.

...and then now that I think about it, what usually happens is the local government contracts a company to fix it, and probably overpays like crazy.

sometimes i think its better if people just fix the roads themselves and make the govt reimburse them

that way its faster

lol

Probably