Tuesday, July 13, 2010

The evil government is at it again!

Sometimes I really hate our government. I'm not talking about the national government, lest they decide to swoop down and cart me off to some "undisclosed internment camp". I am talking about our dear sweet lawmakers in Columbus. These money grubbing, money mishandleing morons in cheap looking tailor made suits have decided that anyone who wishes to sell ANYTHING in the state of Ohio must now purchase a vendors license! The damn thing costs $25 and you have to report MONTHLY and pay the taxes on what you sold! You have to report even if you didn't sell a frickin' thing. You have to have a vendor's license to sell your used car, or for anything you sell at your garage sales. Even those cute little kids selling lemonade in the front yard are in violation of the law if they haven't purchases a "transient vendors license". WTF! I get taxed when I purchase the materials to make my products, NOW they want to double dip when I go to get rid of the item! The only exception to this law is a "casual sale". If you bought something (say a table or a couch, etc.) and you used it in your family home for at least five years then sell it, it counts as a casual sale and you do not need a license. My advice to everyone: Keep whatever it is for five years, then sell it. You won't be in violation of the law and you won't owe those bastards anything. I wouldn't mind paying this if I knew those idiots in Columbus could be responsible for the money they already have, but their track record with money is horrible and their streak of honesty is about as big as a hummingbird's pecker.