Taxifornia becomes interplanetary menace (fwd)

[Ray Dillinger]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Eugene Leitl wrote:

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>L.A. May Be Shot Down in Bid to Tax Satellites
>By Dan Whitcomb
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>Auerbach insisted that he was not pushing for a tax on the satellites but
>was simply doing his job and trying to determine whether they should be
>taxed.
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>``I'm neutral on the whole thing,'' he said. ``My job is to make sure all
>property that's taxable gets assessed and I'm going to follow the law. If
>the law says its not taxable it's not taxable. If it is taxable I will
>assess it.''

Just imagine what things would be like if assessors were paid on 
commission. Tax Farming, anyone?

				Bear