New Coast Guard Fee
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Beat me to it. Although my taxes are supposed to pay for this.......Cheap price to pay for a completely dysfunctional government.
I honestly wish I knew where the money was going. I doubt to the USCG. That is a shame if true.
I honestly wish I knew where the money was going. I doubt to the USCG. That is a shame if true.
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It means "You Have Got To Be Sh**ing Me"
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My retort is this. 26 bucks to document your boat. Your documentation represents a recorded title among other things. You can't even record the title to a house for 26 bucks. Heck, 26 bucks is about the tag fee for an annual tag for your car in Georgia. It is one half the price of most state registrations. Most people burn 26 bucks in fuel before they get to the first buoy. I'll bet you have 26 bucks of beer on most boats. I'm willing to bet 26 bucks does not even cover the costs involved. Need I say more?
Whoa!
The $26.00 is to renew your document. It costs a lot more to initially document it or to transfer it to a new owner.
Renewal has always been free but documentation by the time you fire up the "Documentation Lady" to do it for you can run several hundred bucks.
The $26.00 is to renew your document. It costs a lot more to initially document it or to transfer it to a new owner.
Renewal has always been free but documentation by the time you fire up the "Documentation Lady" to do it for you can run several hundred bucks.
There are some very timely threads regarding the CG that helps explain this fee. With all of the costs involved in rescue efforts and the fact that the CG budget does not keep pace, where else can the funding come from? If you say "John Q Public", then you win the prize!
Need you say more? Actually, yes. None of your arguments are at all relevant. The cost of beer, fuel, automobile registration, home title recording deal with the issue.
As my labor law prof told me when I got lazy one week, "You're capable of much better. I'll be looking for it."
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Do you really think the documentation fees have any bearing on SAR resource budgets?
"the documentation lady" referred to above. Another ripoff. Why give someone several hundred dollars to fill out a few forms when you can do it yourself for about $80? These so called documentation services are a huge money making scam. They've got buyers believing they have to use them to get financing.