Texas is a horrible horrible place

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by fatbuckRTO

Yup, nothing but douche bags in this story. To top it all off, the cop was probably wearing black shoes with blue pants...

With white socks.

Oh, the horror.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

And BTW:



How about putting a halt to that, until you know you'll have the means to support them?

This. This drives me nuts when I see people sing their financial sorrows yet continue to spawn and bring more mouths to feed to the table.

[Mikey]

Vehicle registrations are cheap here. They are spread out throughout the year, but I think I pay somewhere around $200-$250 for 2 pickups, a car and a pair of motorcycles. Inspections are all pretty cheap, too.

We also don't have a state income tax. Property taxes are higher than some places I've lived, but a lot lower than others. Overall, I think I pay less here in total taxes than anywhere I've ever lived.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

And if someone can really renew 2 car registrations with only $100, I'll move there in a heartbeat.

My last renewal in FL was somewhere under $200 for the truck and the bike, of course that was for 2 years. Wait until you hear about places where a 2,000 square foot house costs less than a million dollars.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by azoomm

looks like you're moving to Texas. It was $212 for me to register two cars, one truck and three motorcycles.

It cost me $36 for three years in Virginia. Last time I did it in CA it cost me about $1200 (annual). About 4 grand in tax to register the first time.

Most Californians have no idea how out of control their taxes are.

[Homeslice]

Exactly, in CA you get hit with like 9 or 9.5% sales tax when you buy the car, depending on the county, and then when you renew each year it's still based partly on the vehicle's value.

It's funny, each state tries to spin it a different way. At least Missouri is honest about it, they call it an annual assessment, because that's exactly what it is, a property tax, based on the value of the vehicle.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by fatbuckRTO

Yup, nothing but douche bags in this story. To top it all off, the cop was probably wearing black shoes with blue pants...

Regulation shoes probably, so no problem there. Pretty much every "service worker" wears black reebok walker type shoes.

Would you prefer blue shoes?

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Sean

It cost me $36 for three years in Virginia. Last time I did it in CA it cost me about $1200 (annual). About 4 grand in tax to register the first time.

Most Californians have no idea how out of control their taxes are.

Holy fuck that.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Holy fuck that.

And yet, all anyone talks about is who is going to pay more taxes to fund our astonishing about of debt. Nobody talks about cutting spending. Like, ever. This state is broken, and you'd think 500k residents leaving every year would be a wakeup call.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Sean

And yet, all anyone talks about is who is going to pay more taxes to fund our astonishing about of debt. Nobody talks about cutting spending. Like, ever. This state is broken, and you'd think 500k residents leaving every year would be a wakeup call.

There is another factor too, all the taxes the state is taking in it would be kind of worth it if things were run well. From my experience they are not.