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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:23:19 AM EST
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Colorado House Bill 24-1163 enters a new level of big government and big taxes. The bill will add a new tax of up to $8.50 (but actually up to $25) on EACH pet and it includes ALL animals, even invertebrates. The tax is paid every year. It also requires every pet to be registered with the State and assigned a "designated caregiver." If you do not name a "designated caregiver," the cost for each pet is $25 annually. There is no cap or per household type of maximum taxation. This will also be in addition to any local taxes (like dog licenses).
To summarize how outrageous that is, if someone has 100 aquarium fish or koi in a water garden, they could be paying $850 annually to have those fish. If you do not register a "designated caregiver" with the State that means having 100 aquarium fish will cost you $2,500 annually! |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:33:17 AM EST
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They are out of their fucking minds. Anything for a buck.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:41:43 AM EST
[#3]
In fucking sane, we should have just built a wall within the United States to keep the lib invaders from the East and west coast out
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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:43:21 AM EST
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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:44:06 AM EST
[#5]
Yeah, fuck that shit.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:44:40 AM EST
[#6]
I would move back to CO,
 but……
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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:44:56 AM EST
[#7]
 (Again  )
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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:53:39 AM EST
[#8]
Something only a Democrat could thank of.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:54:15 AM EST
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Posted: 2/5/2024 6:55:26 AM EST
[#10]
Lol fuck the government
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:01:00 AM EST
[#11]
Fuck that.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:02:35 AM EST
[#12]
What's high?
The taxes? Or the democraps? |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:03:47 AM EST
[#13]
Pets = Climate Change. Surfs don’t need pets in their dream feudal society.
If you give the government more power & taxes they can fix the climate.. While they fly private, have 15 guard dogs, five houses, and 15 cars… |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:28:39 AM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They are out of their fucking minds. Anything for a buck. My county in Florida does the same thing pretty much for cats and dogs. $10-$25 dollars a year. "Rabies License Fee" Haven't ever paid it and wouldn't pay Colorado's either. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:30:40 AM EST
[#15]
lol that assumes I even bother to pay for dog licenses.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:31:40 AM EST
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:37:22 AM EST
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:39:33 AM EST
[#18]
It’s to pay the animal coalitions to steal peoples pit bulls and rehome them with crazy liberal women who think they are kids.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:41:17 AM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They are out of their fucking minds. Anything for a buck. Nobody there cares. Everybody there will gladly hand the government anything it wants, as long as their ability to get high isn't threatened. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:52:50 AM EST
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JFC
So glad I left that state. Have they repealed TABOR yet? One of the greatest states in the union to Leftist Shithole in less than 30 years. But if I'd stayed, my house would now be worth over 3x what I paid for it!
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Posted: 2/5/2024 7:53:27 AM EST
[#21]
So the huge projected marijuana tax windfall has already been spent?
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:04:24 AM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: JFC So glad I left that state. Have they repealed TABOR yet? One of the greatest states in the union to Leftist Shithole in less than 30 years. But if I'd stayed, my house would now be worth over 3x what I paid for it! |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:04:58 AM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So the huge projected marijuana tax windfall has already been spent? |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:06:03 AM EST
[#24]
So if a beekeeper doesn’t keep their hives for commercial purposes are they going to pay 8.50 per bee?
That’s some mighty fine totalitarian utopian think. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:09:46 AM EST
[#25]
Taxation is legal extortion.
I'm sure CO lawmakers will pass that into law. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:10:45 AM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So the huge projected marijuana tax windfall has already been spent? Truth. That's what the initial deal was. Wasn't that supposed to cure all their financial problems? What happened? 
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:14:41 AM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Truth. That's what the initial deal was. Wasn't that supposed to cure all their financial problems? What happened? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So the huge projected marijuana tax windfall has already been spent? Truth. That's what the initial deal was. Wasn't that supposed to cure all their financial problems? What happened? Between the tax windfall and the literal ARMY of substance-enhanced freedom-minded genius entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Joe Rogan that should be appearing any day now, states like Colorado should have nothing to worry about. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:16:55 AM EST
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:21:29 AM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Between the tax windfall and the literal ARMY of substance-enhanced freedom-minded genius entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Joe Rogan that should be appearing any day now, states like Colorado should have nothing to worry about. So...you already got your cheap jabs in on Elon Musk AND Joe Rogan sorry they live rent free in your head but hey, you said it without saying the name TRUMP , so let me do it for you 24/7/365.25 |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:25:00 AM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: JFC So glad I left that state. Jesus middle name is NOT f#cking, its Harold! Harold be thy name, Hark the Harold Angels sing. JHC! |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:28:32 AM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So the huge projected marijuana tax windfall has already been spent? The "recreational" (vs medical) weed is cheaper to buy from drug dealers still due to the taxes so yeah, CO gets a little bit of weed income but they fucked up any potential windfall long ago. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:33:55 AM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pets = Climate Change. Serfs don’t need pets in their dream feudal society. If you give the government more power & taxes they can fix the climate.. While they fly private, have 15 guard dogs, five houses, and 15 cars… Sorry, I had to fix that. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:36:10 AM EST
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:36:24 AM EST
[#34]
Whoever sponsored or backed that bill should be hung for treason !
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:38:50 AM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Whoever sponsored or backed that bill should be hung for treason ! It was sponsored by Regina English, who is just like you'd imagine. Think Sheila Jackson Lee, only dumber. No one else in the CO house or Senate has signed on yet. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:41:02 AM EST
[#36]
They should put a tax on the tax.
Think about it. A fee on collecting fees. It could pay for itself! |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:42:04 AM EST
[#37]
Fish keepers are about to get bent over and loved tenderly.
I'm not even a serious aquarist and I have 40 fish. That's up to $1,000/yr in taxes. Hahahahaha, no. Idiots need to move out of CO. They do this shit because they get away with it. CA still hasn't felt the wrath of the great exodus yet so I'm doubting a pet tax will encourage CO residents, but that's what needs to happen. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:43:37 AM EST
[#38]
this country was created over much less taxation than we are currently experiencing.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:44:38 AM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It was sponsored by Regina English, who is just like you'd imagine. Think Sheila Jackson Lee, only dumber. No one else in the CO house or Senate has signed on yet. CO may be wacky but they love their animals. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:44:51 AM EST
[#40]
The joke is about cats and wine with so-called boss babes.
Their reality is, they eventually won't be able to afford either.. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:46:30 AM EST
[#41]
I'm willing to bet the final bill will have a carve out for cats owned by people named Karen.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:49:47 AM EST
[#42]
WTF? We must vote on all tax increases, thus it will be called a fucking "fee", not a tax. The list of fees has gotten long as the dems can't be stopped.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:50:27 AM EST
[#43]
That's just common sense animal control.
Hope those libtards like it. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:51:11 AM EST
[#44]
I found who introduced the bill
  99 I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too! |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:51:25 AM EST
[#45]
Why not? In Colorado Springs we used to have the Storm Water Tax that taxed you based on the amount of rainfall, and subsequent drainage from your property.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:51:30 AM EST
[#46]
Pet implies ownership. You will own nothing and like it.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:52:23 AM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude it never got spent. That shit goes right into the DNCs coffers. Pretty much. It goes to BEST grants which pay 50% of the cost of new school buildings. Union jobs and new buildings don't produce higher test scores. |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 8:54:44 AM EST
[#48]
Colorado... such a beautiful shit hole.
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Posted: 2/5/2024 9:05:25 AM EST
[#49]
Y’all be spending too much resources on pets.
They don’t want you spending resources on pets. Then move that tax into farm animals. Do the people who are growing bugs for us to eat have to pay this tax ? |
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Posted: 2/5/2024 9:05:33 AM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In case you were wondering if this is real, yes it is. https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1163 I initially thought the link in OP was a satire site. Now, I see the pet tax bill is real. Maybe this is an example of what happens when your state legalizes pot. Who would have thought? |
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well played, my friend.