Comments on: Biofuel drivers hit with fines in North Carolina

Legal snafus nab tarheel drivers

[digit1001]

Gas Taxes

So if I use gasoline for my lawnmower or to clean a paintbrush, does the state/fed owe me tax money back?

[eBob1]

TAXES

If you drive a car I'll tax the street.
If you try to sit I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat.
If you take a walk I'll tax your feet.

[MrGnome]

Good example of wrongful thinking

The legislation really needs to change here. This is a good example of how old outdated laws cannot handle the modern society, and actually prevent technology from going forward. Anyone remember the dark ages where the church wrote the laws? :)

Maybe we are going in to a new dark age where environmentally friendly technology that could save us, is being held back by the law. And who writes the laws nowadays? Politicians, elected by us, following big company lobbyists. The dark ages of the Church is coming back as the dark ages of big companies and money.

It's sad. Just be aware, and we might sort it out.

http://mrgnome.wordpress.com

[jessadam]

So wrong on many levels

Mr. Teixeira should be given a commendation for doing his share
to lessen our coutry's dependence on foreign oil. He should alo be
praised for using s renewable resource to power his vehicle. How
about a pat on the back for choosing a fuel that spews fewer
particulates into the North Carolina air? He and senator Bingham
aren't sticking it to The Man (well, OK, maybe a little), they are
helping humanity.

[Old Guy 58]

Taxes???

Isn't this the same state with the lowest tobacco taxes in the country...
hmmm, lets avoid high taxes on stuff that pollutes from the inside and make sure we tax the stuff that lowers pollution from the outside...makes sense to me!

[georgiarat]

Taxes

They are also one of a handful of states that allow illegal
immigrants to get a drivers license, no questions asked. Bet they
do not pay these taxes either.

[protagonistic]

RE: Biofuel drivers hit with fines in North Carolina

Taking this to its logical conclusion the Government will fine you if
you hook the battery on an electric vehicle up to a solar panel to
recharge it. You think maybe our government doesn't want us to
be energy independent?

[William Crow]

Tax money goes to all those worthwhile recipients

The government needs the money to pay people, ie., buy votes.
You may very well be on their payroll. If you are I'll bet you'll vote
to keep the money coming in. There's never enough!

[patriziaotxoa]

It's like the government will fine you if you don't consume their fuel. Where says that the consumption of another kind of energy fuel is forbidden? Freedom is doing what is not prohibited in the laws, and as far as I know that's permitted but now they say you skipping taxes. They just never lose.

Patricia

North Carolina Drug Treatment

[BenjaminY]

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