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Albany Eyes a New Tax — on Pets

Submitted by Jack, Apr 20, 2007 09:56

Say good bye to your Senate Seat. There is as much chance of the proceeds from this tax going for annimal shelters, as there is the sales tax on gas going to fix roads, or the lottery adding additional revenue to education.


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i say no, i have two dogs and seven cats and things have just gotten way to expensive in the... [MORE]

jess 

Mar 20, 2008 11:12

On the surface this may not sound so bad. It may help curb the number of people with more animals... [MORE]

Reptasia 

May 14, 2007 23:35

NAIS, surcharges on dog licenses, now another proposed expense for pet owners? NYS residents are the highest taxed in the... [MORE]

BDC 

May 4, 2007 16:45

I have animals and I feel a kinship with all other people who love animals and take on the responsible... [MORE]

Caryn 

Apr 22, 2007 19:02

It would make a LOT more sense for the money to go toward SPAY-NEUTER of animals which would PREVENT the... [MORE]

Tammi 

Apr 22, 2007 10:59

Nobody likes taxes, but nobody likes animals dying. But if pet owners are essentially responsible for animals in shelters, why let... [MORE]

Kevin Degidon 

Apr 21, 2007 13:54

This is unexceptable! I'm absolutely furious. NYS receives probably tens of millions of dollars on sales tax revenue from the... [MORE]

Margie Oliveira 

Jun 1, 2007 12:32

Let the tax pass. Shelters and rehabilitators would fare much better by this "self-regulation" than they do now getting nickels... [MORE]

It's about time! 

Apr 20, 2007 13:54

If the money goes to saving condemned animals OK, but some how I suspect that it won't... [MORE]

Alan 

Apr 20, 2007 10:38

The title is misleading. The tax is on supplies, not on pets. We're trying to do this in Michigan and... [MORE]

Dee Gage 

Apr 20, 2007 10:24

Say good bye to your Senate Seat. There is as much chance of the proceeds from this tax going for...

Jack 

Apr 20, 2007 09:56

Does anybody actually think that this tax will go to shelters? Maybe in the first year, but you can be... [MORE]

TB 

Apr 22, 2007 15:48

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