Kathy,

Maine must be doing well then. Wisconsin is broke, cutting back government
services for rehab, cutting back education budgets and the governor is on
a hot trail to eliminate 12,000 government jobs on his watch to save $$.

Brad


on 07:18 AM 7/24/2005, Kathy Du Bois said:
Brad,
Yes, to a point, but then the state determines that, no matter how junky
or
old, they won't go any lower.  I think that the bottom tax rate is around
$100, which ends up meaning that you could pay $100 to the state per year
to drive around a hunk of junk that you'd be lucky to give away if you
could.  Maine tends to tax anything, whether it moves or not!
Kathy

At 10:18 PM 7/23/2005, you wrote:
 >What, do you pay a percentage on the value of it each year?
 >
 >Brad
 >
 >
 >on 06:43 PM 7/23/2005, Kathy Du Bois said:
 >Brad,
 >The worst part about owning a car in Maine is having to pay the excise
tax
 >every year.  That took some getting used too.  The state would happily
 >take
 >the tax from a person who couldn't drive as well.
 >Kathy
 >
 >At 09:33 AM 7/23/2005, you wrote:
 >  >Rhonda,
 >  >
 >  >How did I manage to get them in my name? Took out a loan and paid for
 >  >them? lol. I don't know. There is no law against owning a car and not
 >  >driving it. It is discriminating if they will not let you buy a car
 >  >despite not having a license to drive it. As in my case I have a
truck
 >for
 >  >my business, what if I was single? I'd still need to buy a vehicle.
In
 >any
 >  >event, I guess for some reason it has never been an issue but would
have
 >  >been if they try to take  that right away from me. There are other
 >reasons
 >  >for actually owning a vehicle than being the one driving it. Building
 >  >credit through a car loan, being in business, helping kids out with
 >  >insurance costs, having a collector car which all anyone does is show
it
 >  >off and look at it, a taxi service, what about a blind taxi service
 >owner?
 >  >There are many reasons. I'd insist on it as it is just not treating
you
 >  >right if they don't allow you to buy a car and put it in your name.
 >  >
 >  >Brad
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >on 08:09 AM 7/22/2005, Rhonda said:
 >  >They wouldn't let us put the car we bought for Christa in Ben's name
 >  >because
 >  >he isn't a licensed Georgia driver! how did you get the cars in your
 >name?
 >  >Rhonda