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- From: pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com (Dillon Pyron)
- Subject: Re: Coast Guard user fee repealed!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.155810.1890@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
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- References: <1h5esvINNe1j@leela.CS.ORST.EDU> <Bzp3I7.B7L@idm.com> <1hda8nINNgsl@leela.CS.ORST.EDU> <1992Dec28.150046.14779@progress.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:58:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.150046.14779@progress.com>, gerard@progress.COM (Gerard Bras) writes:
- >youngqd@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Dean Youngquist) writes:
- >
- >...regarding who pays for SAR
- >
- >>There are 4 funding options here:
- >>1) Charge each boater each time he is rescued.
- >>2) Charge all boaters is case of needed rescue.
- >>3) Charge all US citizens in case boater (or skier) needs rescuing.
- >>4) Charge all people in the world for the recreatinal saftey of some US citizens
- >
- >Personally I like #1. As a practical matter I think potential users should
- >contribute enough to cover standing costs of maintaining the capability. Actual
- >users should pay cost plus. The more actual users pay the less the potential
- >users will need to cough up.
- >
- >I know people out there are going to start screaming about how harsh and "unfair"
- >this is. But when it costs a couple of hundred bucks minumum to holler for the
- >Coast Guard more people will check thier gas tanks and carry spare parts.
- >As someone else correctly pointed out, the marine equivalents of AAA are
- >already springing up. Proof that the system can be made to work.
- >
- >In summary, I see nothing more unfair than asking the public to underwrite
- >the recreational activities of individuals. The analogy to funding of the
- >ski patrol is right on the money.
- >
- >>Number 2 seems to be the most workable and fair tax base.
-
- The state of Colorado is now charging $.25 on each hunting or fishing license
- to cover SAR costs. It is actually considered a form of "insurance". If you
- have a license, you are covered. If you don't, you pay later.
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