for those of your who dont know what a sin tax is here is a link to wikipedia--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_tax
The sale of dogs that are purebred probably isnt regulated enough to actually enforce the sin tax (lots of independant sellers), but the govt may be able to pressure groups that do the paper work for verifying a dog as being purebred.
Reason for the sin tax would be to help pay for animal shelters that we as citizens of the city pay for to keep strays off our streets and are filling up because people prefer to purchase a $500 or even $1000 dog rather the a pay a $50 donation to an animal shelter. I think it might help get animals out of the shelters a little and help reduce the cost to the city of maintaining the shelters.
BTW maintaining a shelter isnt cheap, they must feed the dogs, vaccinate the dogs, euthanize the dogs, bathe the dogs, provide staff to work all days of the year to care and dispose of the animals, pay for the vehicle to catch the dogs with.
2007-01-06
03:40:42
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