California residents: Time for calling, faxing on vet tax

Monday, November 24, 2008 13:01
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If you don’t speak up now, California will slap a tax on veterinary care.
The move is part of the governor’s plan to close the budget gap caused by the sour economy, but the inclusion of veterinary services in a list that includes a round of golf (!) shows that the folks at the governor’s office see pets as an unnecessary luxury, and as property to be fixed like a car or a piece of funiture (both, not incidentally, on the governor’s service tax list). Veterinary services are along among the health-care sector services to be considered for taxation — the state won’t even tax your visit to an aromatherapist, should you have one.
People are already struggling to keep their pets, much less provide them with basic veterinary care.
Pets are neither a luxury nor inanimate property. With people already being forced to give up pets when they lose their houses, we [...]

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