Re: OT 16 ships

Posted by trucker 40 on September 26, 2010 at 08:21:48 from (68.91.95.23):

In Reply to: Re: OT 16 ships posted by MarkB_MI on September 26, 2010 at 03:42:07:

Maybe you dont know that the EPA said back years ago that we had to use a different fuel on the highway.We started using low sulphur fuel back in the 1990s.Also as far as I know,the red farm fuel is the same as that older low sulphur fuel.Thats how they got their foot in the door with this tax.Since farmers used red fuel anyway,they decided they would use dye to tell the difference between highway fuel which is clear and farm fuel which is red if its dyed.
Its the same fuel.
Then they try to say its so they can stop people from cheating on their fuel tax,well thats a lie too.You cant buy any untaxed fuel on the road except for reefer fuel unless you are a farmer.I dont care if farmers are exempt from all of those taxes.The road use taxes are bull anyway.Besides that,road use tax to the federal government is a set amount of 750 dollars a year I think now.Before that it was 550 dollars a year.You have to pay it to get your apportioned license.
So all of the fuel is low sulphur.Truckers pay plenty of taxes.Red fuel is just dyed low sulphur fuel.Cars and trucks are not the biggest polluter.Plus the EPA has no jurisdiction on the rest of the world anyway.so why are they taxing a farmer for running farm equipment on the highway?Its just plain stupid.The best reason I can think of is that they know they can get away with it.Also if its not stopped by the people,they will keep doing it and tax some other group,which they do anyway.

If they are going to send Federal Tax collectors out to farms,these same Federal Tax collectors need to be arrested by sheriffs until the Feds decide to lay off of farmers.Thats what Im saying.

Since all fuel is low sulphur now anyway,all of the bull crap laws about different colors and everything on land will be the same.In other words they will have to prove that fuel in your truck is farm fuel,instead of saying because its a certain color its farm fuel.Who gives a damn if a farmer uses farm fuel to fill his tractor trailer with anyway.As long as he is not for hire,crossing state lines I dont care what he does,and neither should anybody else.

Replies:

• Re: OT 16 ships Bill in Colo 09:44:45 09/26/10 (0)
• Re: OT 16 ships MarkB_MI 08:40:41 09/26/10 (0)

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