08-13-2019, 10:38 PM
There are less and less people enjoying the great outdoors every year and I fear that adding a tax to gear will turn more people away. That is if it's felt in the wallet, it will turn people away.
But, if the tax is small enough, like half a percent or maybe one percent on everything, not just hikers and campers, then have an ad campaign for the next three to five years for everything from target shooting to camping to hunting and fishing...get people excited about the outdoors again.
Show how easy and fun camping and fishing can be. Just don't target one group of outdoorsmen, target everyone.
EDIT: oh, and the money made doesn't go to the Feds but goes to the state where the gear is bought. If it goes to the Feds, it will be spent elsewhere. And, the money made goes to public lands, not roads or sewers or whatever, unless there are for that park or land. Hell, if enough money is made, the state can start buying up land to turn into conservation parks like Hamilton County did with Campbell Lakes. It was a quarry and the county bought it and turn the land into four fishing lakes.
Second EDIT: I wouldn't mind paying a little extra as long as its a little. I'm on a fixed income and money is really tight, I can't afford to pay to much more.
But, if the tax is small enough, like half a percent or maybe one percent on everything, not just hikers and campers, then have an ad campaign for the next three to five years for everything from target shooting to camping to hunting and fishing...get people excited about the outdoors again.
Show how easy and fun camping and fishing can be. Just don't target one group of outdoorsmen, target everyone.
EDIT: oh, and the money made doesn't go to the Feds but goes to the state where the gear is bought. If it goes to the Feds, it will be spent elsewhere. And, the money made goes to public lands, not roads or sewers or whatever, unless there are for that park or land. Hell, if enough money is made, the state can start buying up land to turn into conservation parks like Hamilton County did with Campbell Lakes. It was a quarry and the county bought it and turn the land into four fishing lakes.
Second EDIT: I wouldn't mind paying a little extra as long as its a little. I'm on a fixed income and money is really tight, I can't afford to pay to much more.
Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
