Yesterday afternoon my friend dropped by my office to relay the unfortunate news of a screw in one of my truck tires. According to my last visit to get my oil changed (over three months ago) my tires are just shy of the legal definition for “bald.” My look at the tires saw plenty more life in them. Bald is when the tread does not reach Lincoln’s head on a penny. But this new situation convinced me to proceed with the new tire option even though I leaving this state in about a week.
There are several things you should realize when calling for comparative prices on tires. (1) When the salesman says buy 3 tires, get 1 free remember the price is adjusted like you see on most any sales gimmick. (2) Prices quoted may or may not reflect valve stem, balancing, road hazard, and any other miscellaneous sale that may add five or six dollars per tire. (3) Prices quoted do not have the mandatory disposal fee added, another buck fifty. (4) Prices quoted do not include 6.5% sales tax. (5) And best of all prices do not include the new Ohio tire tax they call a fee.
Just what I need, a new fee. A hidden tax designated as a road use fee to help keep the road repaired. I already pay federal income tax, state income tax, city income tax (without any deductions allowed), property tax, and sales tax. Somewhere in all those funds one should be able to maintain the roads. But have you driven down Ohio roads lately? If you have you already know the roads need more maintenance. So where do all the other taxes go? I know three million went to a recent embezzlement. If government benefits aren’t enough, some people need to steal more cash.
As mentioned, I leave Ohio for Tennessee in about a week. There I face 9% sales tax. But there is no city income tax and no state income tax. All I need to do is control my spending. Why does Tennessee have roads in good repair? Don’t say gasoline tax because I pay that in Ohio too. Maybe I will have something new to learn in Tennessee about another secret method to extract more funds from my pockets. Until then I just open my wallet and ask the fine folks in Ohio government just how much money they want? If it happens the same way it did when I left North Carolina they will audit me next year to make sure they drained every single cent they can find.
There are several things you should realize when calling for comparative prices on tires. (1) When the salesman says buy 3 tires, get 1 free remember the price is adjusted like you see on most any sales gimmick. (2) Prices quoted may or may not reflect valve stem, balancing, road hazard, and any other miscellaneous sale that may add five or six dollars per tire. (3) Prices quoted do not have the mandatory disposal fee added, another buck fifty. (4) Prices quoted do not include 6.5% sales tax. (5) And best of all prices do not include the new Ohio tire tax they call a fee.
Just what I need, a new fee. A hidden tax designated as a road use fee to help keep the road repaired. I already pay federal income tax, state income tax, city income tax (without any deductions allowed), property tax, and sales tax. Somewhere in all those funds one should be able to maintain the roads. But have you driven down Ohio roads lately? If you have you already know the roads need more maintenance. So where do all the other taxes go? I know three million went to a recent embezzlement. If government benefits aren’t enough, some people need to steal more cash.
As mentioned, I leave Ohio for Tennessee in about a week. There I face 9% sales tax. But there is no city income tax and no state income tax. All I need to do is control my spending. Why does Tennessee have roads in good repair? Don’t say gasoline tax because I pay that in Ohio too. Maybe I will have something new to learn in Tennessee about another secret method to extract more funds from my pockets. Until then I just open my wallet and ask the fine folks in Ohio government just how much money they want? If it happens the same way it did when I left North Carolina they will audit me next year to make sure they drained every single cent they can find.
I guess I shouldn’t complain. If we didn’t have all those folks down at the various government tax agencies and the various contracted private companies to oversee the agencies then we would have more people to support on unemployment. So we should conclude it is a self sustaining system. Just more sustaining in Ohio than other places. Let’s just hope they don’t implement a new expensive poll tax before we get the chance to vote the tax initiators out of office.
