FLS: Tax yourself (with pride)!

Spotsylvania is on the road to getting rid of those universally hated county stickers. You know the ones where you have to stand in line to pay your dues for whenever you get a new car, or when the 15th of whatever month comes in.

Well the editors at the Free Lance-Star say shame on you for not wanting to be taxed! What’s more, you should be gratified – nay, honored to wear your county seal and be taxed with pride!

Yes, going to the courthouse to buy the decal is inconvenient for newbies, and pasting it, sticky side up, in the awkward angle between glass and dash–after first scraping off last year’s sticker with a blade sharp enough to behead Robespierre–requires care.

starting out in the evening divx download But how many other taxes give you tangible proof of payment that inspires pride? When out-of-staters ask visiting Virginians, “What’s that thing?” the latter can point to the distinctive seal of their community and wax eloquent about its virtues.

Yes friends, they edit the news you and I read…

County decal taxes are the most hated of all, not in terms of cost, but in terms of the time. Take into account mailing, printing, etc… you get the drift. It’s a hassle that exemplifies the worst of government taxation methods. It is one springtime ritual I will not miss.

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