How much would George Washington have had to pay for all his dogs?
Government just can’t resist butting into our lives.
In the face of public backlash, the Colorado legislature has “postponed indefinitely” a proposal to set up a statewide “pet registry” (https://denvergazette.com/politics/local-state/colorado-pet-registration-fees-petition/article_f54ccbae-c529-11ee-99a8-6bc879a5cd3b.html). The bill’s sponsor pulled it: she was turning quickly into a very unpopular person.
The public saw it as a “pet tax.” Pet owners would have had to pay fees of $8.50 to $25 per pet, with a fine of $100 per pet if they failed to register. The sponsor said it wasn’t intended to be a tax, but rather to ensure that pets would have a previously designated “caregiver” if something happened to the owner.
The scientific term for this is booshwa.
Anyway, she took the bill off the table. Opponents are still collecting signatures, just in case.
Gee, if you had an aquarium full of guppies, that could run you some serious bucks.
Government is always looking to expand; they just can’t help it. To quote George Washington:
“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence–it is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”
Colorado has become unrecognizable, these days. Growing up there, it was a refuge of individualism and a total contrast to government overreach. Now, it’s a landlocked version of LA.
It just blows my mind to see how insane they are about caring for and worrying about animals in all kinds of circemstances, but the same people favor abortion of human
beings. Something wrong here.
Some legislator in our State tried this booshwa by proposing a bill that dogs could not be allowed to put their heads outside a moving vehicle.
Oh for pete’s sake.
Two capers tried here in New Jersey couldn’t get off the ground: a cat license, and a saltwater fishing license. The public was really cheesed off.