No one is denying that some of the laws are in place for good reason. Many are not. Many are simply in place as an added source of govt. income. It's like rabies tags for dogs. Rabies shots don't/can't prevent rabies. Our govt. forces us to get a shot for our dogs that they know doesn't work. To add insult to injury, they not only require the shot, BUT a tag has to be purchased too ($40.00 here) which costs more than the mandatory worthless shot. It's simply a way for them to generate more revenue.
That's true in many cases. The permit fee for keeping chickens is a revenue generator. The business license fee is a revenue generator.
I was told that I couldn't sell my chicken eggs without a business license, the fee would negate any financial advantage of selling eggs.
The taxes on my cell phone and cable bill are revenue generators. The added fees on my gas and electric bill are revenue generators.
I have to mention another point about the rabies tags for dogs. This is the way it works in MO so I don't know if is the same everywhere. The rabies tag is the same as a dog license and they actually go into a fund to pay for damage done by dogs.
If a dog kills my chickens and I have a witness, I have 3 days to petition the County Health department and they're required to dip into that fund to pay for my chickens if the dog owner won't pay or I can't find the owner.
I bet the fund doesn't get dipped into often since very few people have probably read the law so they don't know.
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