Jim Williams wrote: > On Mar 23, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Bernard P. Friel ([email protected]) wrote: > Isn't that what taxes are supposed to provide for, and wouldn't this > just be another fee so that the "no new taxes pledge" can be kept ? > > > Well, taxes obviously do not do the job. Politicians do not do the > job. That does not mean the need should be ignored. > > Hunters have been paying the bills via duck stamps, various state > hunting stamps, licenses, and taxes on guns and ammunition for years. > Birders enjoy the land secured by that money. What gives us the right > to stand back and say, not me? A duck stamp costs $15. The Colorado > land-use fee is $10. The pleasure we get from birding: not worth the > cost of a bag or two of bird seed? We can pay hundreds of dollars for > optics and $25 for a bird ID book but we can't contribute to fund > habitat? > > Jim Williams > Wayzata > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > You Make a very good point Mr. Williams. I for one plan on buying two duck Stamps--one of me and one for my wife.
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