Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Give me a break. By the time you add up state, local, federal, property, gas, and all of the other taxes the average American pays it is somewhere near 49% of his gross income. This is absurd and I for one like anyone who finds a way around letting the government get its hands on their money. I have bought thousands of dollars of stuff from Don and like his service very much. One lens I purchased in mint- condition had a large piece of junk inside the rear element and had a stiff spot in the focusing. He told me to ship it to DAG and it was repaired and back in my hands in 3 day (2 of which were weekend days). He paid all repairs and shipping costs. ATanabe wrote >What if we all did business via mail order, out of state and no one paid any >taxes??? Or better yet, we start buying goods from other countries and avoid >high tarrifs imposed by importers (ie Hong Kong). We could all put our $0.02 >in and develope a list of companies that will do business with us for goods >and services then none of us will ever have to pay taxes! What a concept! >What a shame! I don't like the way politicians spend our tax money on things >and thats why we have elections! BTW I have dealt with Don when I lived in >Oregon (sales tax free but 11% income tax) and he was very fair and >honorable. >I feel that the services that his business receives (police,fire,sewer et al) >are not being reimbursed to the state (sales tax pays for this). Now unless >he buys a whole heck of a lot of things to compensate for lost state tax >revenues generated by his business, he is definately taking advantage of the >people of this state. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto