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Revenue Generating Laws

Moving between states is an exercise in getting nickled-and-dimed to death. While most businesses give you a pro-rated refund when you pay for something up front that you can no longer completely use, that money is gone once the state gets hold of it. For example, you typically pay for an auto registration or a nursing license in advance of the year it’s good for. If you move away the next day, you’re not getting any of that money back. Too bad. I chalk it up to typical government greed.

Here’s a new wrinkle: my son Tim obtained his learner’s permit in Colorado. Unfortunately, he hadn’t kept it long enough, and thus was unable to get his driver’s license in Colorado. Upon moving down to Texas, we found out that (a) he had to start all over, i.e. get his permit and wait another 6 months. And worse, (b) he would have to attend a driving school (and pay a large chunk of money). We would not be able to teach Tim ourselves–apparently you have to be a resident of the state of Texas (and driving) for at least three years before you’re qualified enough to instruct your children in driving.

I have no clue what the point of this law is. Maybe driving is just that much more difficult here for some reason, and I’ll find out in the next three years.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 5th, 2007 at 10:32 am and is filed under taxes, laws, money, tyrants!, fraud-waste-abuse. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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My homeschooled son couldn’t get a job at 14 without a work permit from the school system. He had to go to the school in our district to get one. They didn’t want him on the campus because he was not a registered student. After jumping through the hoops, they didn’t want to allow him to leave the campus without a pass, which he couldn’t obtain because he’s not a student! I pulled up the van to pick him up and the last “guard” wanted to see his pass. He was very tempted to say “I’ve got it right here” and pull his middle finger out of pocket.
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