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Originally Posted by TOAD
Again I will ask.....if you go swimming shouldn't there be a resistration tag on your swim suit? Your arguements seem to support this stance...it's time to stop the pig! Yes it would raise a lot of dollars...which they are already raising and wasting!
$71,000 average government salary...$40,000 average private sector salary..and the private sector has fewer perks!
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Toad, I 100% hear what you are saying regarding government spending, but IMO you are comparing two different sides of the government coin. Asking participants of a particular activity to chip in money to help offset the overall costs of their use and protecting their enjoyment is very different than forcing someone that does not own a boat to pay a tax to help preserve and protect the use of water for boaters (someone else).
I personally feel the money would be going to the wrong agency if it goes to marine patrol. If that is the case then the majority of paddlers will be funding MP to patrol and protect not themselves but the larger craft that MP spends most of its time chasing.