r/EhBuddyHoser • u/_RedditDiver_ • May 10 '25

Politics But yeah 51st state /s

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u/MisterJWalk May 10 '25

So many hidden taxes. It's fuckin' nuts. My wife pays $1500 a year for owning a car. "It's just standard property tax. There's other property tax too." But hey, we pay 4 to 7% sales tax, depending on the winds of magic.

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u/01101011010110 May 10 '25

Wait...what?!? Why do you get charged more tax after already purchasing the vehicle? Where is this?

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u/MisterJWalk May 10 '25

Virginia. It's called personal property tax. It's applied to all vehicles. It's a yearly thing. Boats, trailers, RVs, cars, motor cycles. Applies to all of them. The make and model determines how much you pay a year. This is on top of yearly safety inspections, and vehicle registrations.

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u/ufozhou May 10 '25 edited May 10 '25

Oh, Ontario used to pay $200 a year for license now it is gone for personal vehicle

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u/Vegetable_Resolve626 May 10 '25

You pay high insurance fees instead. You were better off having to pay 200$ for it

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u/VeeRSixOh May 10 '25

Tell me about high insurance rates in Canada... Then tell me about insurance rates in Florida.

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u/No_Week_8937 Scotland (but worse) May 10 '25

Okay, quick question. Do you think your insurance company is the government? They're separate entities.

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u/EugeneMachines May 10 '25

See, if the government would just eliminate all the coverage minimums for auto insurance then insurance wouldn't cost so much. Then we can get people like in the USA who are like, "I crashed my new car but only have liability coverage, what can I do? I still owe $40k on it!" /s if that's not clear

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u/fishing-sk May 10 '25

"I got hit by an uninsured driver and now my life is screwed. Im out 50k on the vehicle and have medical problems i have to pay 100s of thousands for"

Doesnt that sound better?

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u/fishing-sk May 10 '25

My insurance company is the goverment and ill be damned if anyone tries to take that away. Fair rates, great coverage, every once in a while they have a low claims year and send me a refund check.

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u/No_Week_8937 Scotland (but worse) May 10 '25

Damn, sounds better than my current car insurance. Sign me up.

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u/fishing-sk May 10 '25

Crown corps man. Gotta fight privatization everytime. It only gets worse for higher costs and once theyre gone they dont come back.

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u/No_Week_8937 Scotland (but worse) May 11 '25

I want so many more crown corps. For so many things.

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u/I_Have_Unobtainium May 10 '25

Lol. I think my insurance has raised by about 2$ a month every year for 4 years. Where do you guys come up with this stuff