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Maryland has put a tax on rainfall, based on the run off of the roof and driveway, EPA has mandated that Chesapeake Bay needs to be cleaned up and the State decided the tax would fun the project. :!:
 
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Deepsouth":39qrbvrf said:
Are y'all serious!
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I know I'm serious! Yes indeed...Charlotte NC has had a tax on the rain-run-off, for individual property/homeowners for many years.

Here in Va, not long ago, a couple of months at the most, there was a proposal to do the same thing in one of the northern counties, but it didn't pass.

Katherine
 
Workinonit Farm":1gf09vtg said:
Deepsouth":1gf09vtg said:
Are y'all serious!
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I know I'm serious! Yes indeed...Charlotte NC has had a tax on the rain-run-off, for individual property/homeowners for many years.

Here in Va, not long ago, a couple of months at the most, there was a proposal to do the same thing in one of the northern counties, but it didn't pass.

Katherine
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Okay I'm lost, how do they calculate the amount of rain fall on a roof and driveway? Or is it measured rain fall for square foot of property owned? It's time for even a lot of the Libs to stand up and say enough! More details on this tax please! :tiphat:
 
I would imagine they would look at your property tax record's and decide how much square footage your house and driveway covered. Now my question I have seen it rain 4 inches a quarter mile up the road and us be dry as a bone.
What are they going to do put offical rain metering stations on every block so they can tax you fairly.
 
Caustic Burno":2v4ww7wo said:
I would imagine they would look at your property tax record's and decide how much square footage your house and driveway covered. Now my question I have seen it rain 4 inches a quarter mile up the road and us be dry as a bone.
What are they going to do put offical rain metering stations on every block so they can tax you fairly.
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Congratulations, CB. I don't think I've ever seen the words "tax" and "fairly" used in the same sentence. :lol2:
 
Exactly how they calculate the tax, I'm not sure. When I asked my SIL (when she lived in Charlotte about 9 years ago) "how do they determine how much tax you have to pay"? I think it had to do with the size of the house or the size of the property.

The deal they were trying to pull-off here in Va had something to do with the amount/square footage of paved/hard surfaces. PDF Angus may be able to add more accurate info.

I'll have to look for a link.

Katherine
 
Without addressing the need for the protection of Cheasapeake (sp) Bay, and who should pay if that protection is to be agreed upon, this tax lands heaviest on those with the biggest parking lots. My county seat, Madison, IN faced a similar tax a few years back. Somehow it got short-circuited and I haven't heard anything about it in a while. Madison is on a flood plain and most of the town slopes toward the river (Ohio River). The schools were going to be about the biggest payers, and since property taxes support the schools we taxpayers were going to foot the bill indirectly.
I volunteered for a local watershed district. Phase I was a mix of pro and volunteer sampling of the creeks. I assumed we would review the sample data before we decided the best course for Phase II. Surprise, before my slow witted brain could raise a protest, we applied for grant money for a cost-share program to fence cattle away from creeks.
The sampling results strongly indicate that residential septics account for most of the pollution around here. But the program is one of those federally financed programs and the course was clear. Go after farms first. Residential has more votes.
Water quality is important to everyone--no one more than livestock men. But this is going to spend a lot of money for minimal pollution reduction.
 
Okay, I found the info for the Virginia issue, I just don't know how to post a link.

What I did was googled...Virginia Stormwater Runoff Tax.....and the issue I was referring to is 1st on that list.

It is very similar to what john250 posted about.

Its a decent article, from The Daily Caller.

Katherine
 
VanC":2u1wjagp said:
Caustic Burno":2u1wjagp said:
I would imagine they would look at your property tax record's and decide how much square footage your house and driveway covered. Now my question I have seen it rain 4 inches a quarter mile up the road and us be dry as a bone.
What are they going to do put offical rain metering stations on every block so they can tax you fairly.
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Congratulations, CB. I don't think I've ever seen the words "tax" and "fairly" used in the same sentence. :lol2:
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Okay CB! :shock: I always suspected you were one of those!!!?...... Dammmm liberal bastasssstured! :lol: :lol:
 
They (the State) will use satellite imagery to measure impervious surfaces ( roofs and driveways) to determine storm management fees. Councils are to determine the fees (tax).
 
VanC":2fggdcik said:
Caustic Burno":2fggdcik said:
I would imagine they would look at your property tax record's and decide how much square footage your house and driveway covered. Now my question I have seen it rain 4 inches a quarter mile up the road and us be dry as a bone.
What are they going to do put offical rain metering stations on every block so they can tax you fairly.
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Congratulations, CB. I don't think I've ever seen the words "tax" and "fairly" used in the same sentence. :lol2:
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The conservative's have been pushing for the Fair Tax ( what a joke) figured the Lib's should be fair as well.
The difference in a conservative is thay call it a tax, lib's a fee.
 
Isn't it ironic that water is considered a government's resource when you need it and want to do something with it but if water cause's a problem its yours?

Also, aren't these buildings and parking lots already taxed?
 
Jogeephus":3kqbnt6m said:
Isn't it ironic that water is considered a government's resource when you need it and want to do something with it but if water cause's a problem its yours?

Also, aren't these buildings and parking lots already taxed?
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You hsould know by now that there are any number (number chosen by politicians) fo taxes that can be piled on. Then after it's taxed enough that it's rediculous they start with the "fees"
 

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