[OT] Orwell is alive and well in Canada

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Jack Berger wrote:
> Ken Moffat wrote:<kmoffat at drizzle.com>
> > Of course, if you were to move to Seattle... Then you can pay excise
> > tax for several years on your car license for...
>
> Ahh yes. There's no income tax in WA. But they sure soak you for everything. I lived in Seattle for a couple of years. Lets's see if I can remember it all:
> Register an out of state car - license fee about 3 times what I paid in MN (which is high), safety inspection fee ("Let's see, 4 wheels and tires. OK, You pass. $75 please.") Local drainage fee, sales tax on everything. As Ken noted, it goes on and on.

Heh, I always assumed that was normal.  Sure was how things are in both NY
& CA.

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