tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post4503114579074194027..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Escape from MinneapolisCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-45564653366745173952010-11-09T09:44:49.467-08:002010-11-09T09:44:49.467-08:00Anyone who complies with this extortion deserves t...Anyone who complies with this extortion deserves the abuse for being so damned chicken-shit!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-30615630336792811912010-11-02T16:37:40.163-07:002010-11-02T16:37:40.163-07:00Gee, can you IMAGINE the overhead, if anybody actu...Gee, can you IMAGINE the overhead, if anybody actually has to calculate all this at the end of the year/Month.<br /><br />I'm overwhelmed by it just thinking of it.<br /><br />I hate laws like this, they cost more to comply with than they raise, so they tax you thrice, first one presumes you paid whatever local taxes were relevant, then a non-trivial time tax as you try to comply with crap like this, and then pay it.<br /><br />And it's one thing if you live and work locally, but if you are like me and you travel regularly for living it's a major pain inthe arse. <br /><br />I'd leave the city just to avoid this crap, and then you get nada. I used to live onthe east coast near NYC, I was employed by a compnay in NJ, my purported office was in NYC itself, and I lived in CT, but so close to the border that my doctor and usual grocery store were in NY State. NIGHTMARE taxation. (And I completety ignored CT tax regulation about major expenses made in other states needed to pay taxes in CT too, I figured if they ever caught me they deserved the money, but life was too short to spend a week categorizing my expenses geographically. (I guess if I bought a car or something I'd care.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-8438001471815778822010-11-02T14:05:53.161-07:002010-11-02T14:05:53.161-07:00RE: Ed, Unfortunatly the "Shared Vision of th...RE: Ed, Unfortunatly the "Shared Vision of the roll of government" is GREED. If a person beleives that other people should provide payment for things they like, it is GREED - not "Compasion".<br />I don't want anything from anybody, just to left alone and leave my freedom alone - including Economic Freedom.<br />Typically a "Shared Vision of the roll of government" is a deviation from the Constitution. Freedom only exists if people have Economic Freedom, taxation encroaches further and further into Economic Freedom. At some point, when does Taxation become Slavery? If all the fruits of your labor is turned over to the State, are you not a slave to the State??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-23716655833381510352010-11-01T20:40:43.812-07:002010-11-01T20:40:43.812-07:00is worth it.
Sorry, just a little drunk.is worth it.<br /><br />Sorry, just a little drunk.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-3885050352573749932010-11-01T20:36:24.699-07:002010-11-01T20:36:24.699-07:00Ed, in all seriousness, you need to get out of tha...Ed, in all seriousness, you need to get out of that place. Personal politics aside, you are one of the few intellectually honest lefties I know and you don't deserve the hell you're about to bring upon yourself (not to sound like a preacher).<br /><br />Sell your assets, get the hell out of there and stake up or cash up in some place where you aren't going to be ass raped for your income or your assets.<br /><br />Let the politics go and just ask yourself if the muni government is demanding you report extra-municipal purchases so they can tax you is an environment you want to live in.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-30822138079181125882010-11-01T20:07:32.206-07:002010-11-01T20:07:32.206-07:00Minneapolis, in it's current state, is not sus...Minneapolis, in it's current state, is not sustainable.<br /><br />Either the citizens wise up (not likely) or the city will devolve into a cold Omaha (as Sid would say) then into a Cleveland and then into a Detroit.<br /><br />Personally, if Dayton wins the governorship, I'll have to consider relocating to a more tax-friendly state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-33330774868759124012010-11-01T14:29:56.392-07:002010-11-01T14:29:56.392-07:00Taken literally, that tax notice implies that tax ...Taken literally, that tax notice implies that tax is owed for goods and services that are consumed entirely outside the jurisdiction of Minneapolis. For example, lodging, entertainment, and meals during vacation or an out of city business trip. It also appears to imply the usual exceptions to most sales taxes do not apply to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-4571486370487554652010-11-01T12:52:41.556-07:002010-11-01T12:52:41.556-07:00If you want to see an example of non-local tax col...If you want to see an example of non-local tax collections taken to the extreme, <a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/10/26/1788256/amazoncom-online-customers-win.html" rel="nofollow">check out North Carolina</a>.<br /><br />Regarding Minneapolis, the city's population is increasing for the same reason that San Francisco and New York continue to do well: people who live here think it's worth it.<br /><br />Since you didn't feel like you were getting your money's worth, it sounds like you made the right decision to leave. That's much easier that fighting against the majority of Minneapolitans who keep electing people with a shared vision of the roll of government.Ed Kohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974241571519355684noreply@blogger.com