03-17-2009, 11:38 PM
I am about sick of fees. To get ready to go camping in the spring it costs me well over $250 just for stickers. $35 for the boat, $30 for the pontoon, $180 for the camper, $13 x 3 for the dirt bikes, $5 for boat trailer, $5 motorcycle trailer, $45 for a Fishing & Hunting license. On top of that, I have to pay for fuel, groceries, tackle, and bait. Then I also have to pay for the camp spot, pay to park at the boat ramp, pay to dump my RV. Funny how the RV fees originally were for campgrounds and RV dumps but now you pay for that separately.
The point is, know matter what you think the fee is for, it will always be raised over and over every chance they get because more people will want a share of the income. The state will want their share, [url "mailto:F@G"][/url][url "mailto:F@G"]F@G[/url] will want their share, the County needs some also, Parks and Recreation needs some, Forest Service will need a little, Bureau of Reclamation will need a share, and on and on. The Feds will tax the income so everyone will raise the fee so they make the same after taxes. OH, and then you need someone to run the program. You better look for a few more people we will have to support like a few secretaries, accountant to track the money, someone to decide what to do with the money, a few people to install something like a high pressure washer, someone to sit there and watch you use it, and a few maintenance people to fix the equipment. In the end, they will charge you a SEPARATE FEE to use the REQUIRED pressure washer once you forget about the other fee you have all ready paid. Also, do you really think that $10 will pay for a pressure washer for every boat dock in Idaho? If you can not do it at every boat ramp and dock, are you really doing any good? or is this just another fee going into someone's bonus?
This is the way government works. Lie, cheat, steal and manipulate. And I work for them...
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The point is, know matter what you think the fee is for, it will always be raised over and over every chance they get because more people will want a share of the income. The state will want their share, [url "mailto:F@G"][/url][url "mailto:F@G"]F@G[/url] will want their share, the County needs some also, Parks and Recreation needs some, Forest Service will need a little, Bureau of Reclamation will need a share, and on and on. The Feds will tax the income so everyone will raise the fee so they make the same after taxes. OH, and then you need someone to run the program. You better look for a few more people we will have to support like a few secretaries, accountant to track the money, someone to decide what to do with the money, a few people to install something like a high pressure washer, someone to sit there and watch you use it, and a few maintenance people to fix the equipment. In the end, they will charge you a SEPARATE FEE to use the REQUIRED pressure washer once you forget about the other fee you have all ready paid. Also, do you really think that $10 will pay for a pressure washer for every boat dock in Idaho? If you can not do it at every boat ramp and dock, are you really doing any good? or is this just another fee going into someone's bonus?
This is the way government works. Lie, cheat, steal and manipulate. And I work for them...
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