The hidden costs of living in California
Bookworm on Oct 15 2012 at 4:39 pm | Filed under: California
My computer is in its death throes, so I have a new one on order. I just get the confirmation from Dell, and it contained this interesting little notice:
For shipments to California, a state environmental fee up to $10 per item will be added to invoices for all orders containing displays greater than 4 inches. Dell Marketing LP collects applicable tax in all states. Buyer is responsible for remitting additional tax to tax authorities.
Since I’m buying only the tower and not the monitor, this $10 green gouge doesn’t apply to me, but it’s still a telling sign of the way California nickels and dimes its consumers into bankruptcy or flight.
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Book, did you see the recent estimates that 10% of the United States economy goes to compliance? I’m sure that in California that figure is double, and even higher in cities like San Francisco.
I hadn’t seen that, pst314, but I’m not at all surprised. Actually, I believe that Oregon is the most hyper-regulated state in America. Interestingly, when I was there in summer 2008, the lawn signs were about equally divided between Obama and Ron Paul.
I recently needed to deal with getting a fair amount of old electronic/digital equipment out of my place. I found out that Goodwill would not only take items which could be resold, but would also take electronic material that was fit only for recycling. Didn’t need a $10 fee to encourage me.
One thing that we have noticed about the Left Coast fringes of Oregon and Washington is that people there are so…obedient to the State.
The State knows all and owns all. That’s mostly because all the luxuries are being routed to a few elite, but some people like living in such banana republics.