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Albany Eyes a New Tax — on Pets
in response to reader comment: Why Pet Owners?

Submitted by Margie Oliveira, Jun 1, 2007 12:32

This is unexceptable! I'm absolutely furious. NYS receives probably tens of millions of dollars on sales tax revenue from the pet industry. They also receive tens of millions of dollars on income tax revenue from people employed in the pet industry. Look at all the jobs created from owning pets. And the big question is how much money fron all this tax revenue is put back into fixing the problems created by the pet industry? Example: pet overpopulation. Maybe 1%. We pay enough. This tax will never reach it's intended purpose. It will go into the general fund and stay there. I have rescued hundreds of animals. And every town I asked the politicians for some kind of assistence to help me take care of the situation. These were cases of 25 or more animals running amok. Their answer was always no, our lawyers recommended due to liability that we can't help you. Yet I and many others helped their town with taking away all these strays. I have 20 unadoptable cats and my vet bills exceed 6,000 every year. This does not include litter, food and all the other excessories. NYS should take some of the money they already receive and put it were it belongs.

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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...

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... [MORE]

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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