State aircraft registration
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WLIU
....... the proposal would make airplanes only subject to a registration tax and block a tax based on value. That sounds like a win.
Wes
N78PS
Bob and Wes...I, also, live in FL, and will vote against Amendment 3. Like many things "political", the devil is in the details.
-Yes...preventing an "Ad Valorum" clause IS a good thing. And, certainly, a registration fee is reasonable. But, unfortunately a "license tax" is both vague, and open to placing any amount that the "whim" of the legislature decides.
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Since we all know, that because "everyone who owns an airplane is rich"; it's good politics to "soak" the airplane owners "their fair (unfair) share" of the tax burden. After all...if you can afford a "quicksilver" or an "affordaplane", you can surely afford to pay more taxes.
And; once politicians have an opportunity to create even a small tax; it's always easier to increase it later.
And Wes, perhaps I remember my Latin a little better than you do.
Therefore to AMENDMENT 3, I say "Upus Rectum" !