Taxes, Permits, and Red Tape are hallmarks of government control over citizens that many people take for granted, but at least we’re free to breathe the air and feel the rain on our faces. Or so you might think. In Utah and other states like Washington and Colorado, you’d be wrong.
In those states, it’s illegal to divert rainwater without a permit and local governments are enforcing the law. This is not based on dusty old statutes ignored, but not yet repealed. The news video below tells the story of a Toyota dealer who installed a system to catch rain from the roof of his business with plans to use it to wash cars. Astonishingly, he discovered he was breaking the law!
It’s all about control, really.
As long as people remain unaware and uninformed about important issues, the government will continue to chip away at the freedoms we enjoy. The only reason these water restrictions are finally starting to change for the better is because people started to notice and they worked to do something to reverse the law.
Even though these laws restricting water collection have been on the books for more than 100 years in some cases, they’re slowly being reversed thanks to efforts by citizens who have decided that enough is enough.
Until then, Stay Thirsty, America.
Source: Healthy Debates
Photo: TaranRampersad on Flickr
And in Maryland they tax us for rain
Oregon too!!!
Another “Horse $#%&!@*” tax?
WE give the Government this power by not fighting back and Voting in $#%&!@*s like Obama
They are so afraid they’ll have to treat unmetered rain water because they’ll lose their tax money on it. They don’t want to give anyone a break that tries to conserve resources and grow a garden or water their lawn. It’s all pay pay pay me your $$$ so that we can hand it out to the lazy & illegals to get votes on your $$$$ !
the government can’t find an airplane. how they going to find a rain berral? in texas they charge a water run off fee during a drought, how brain worthy is that.. the world needs to be flushed.
At what point does war mongers think they have a OWNERSHIP RIGHT to an elemental need of a human. Water, air, fire earth, it is ALL a humans right! PERIOD! No govt. or State, no decided power has a legal right to keep from the people what nature provides us all and is part of our right to life. They have no right to control it, pollute it, steal it or make criminals of people who use it. At what point is THIS much greed ignored!
Lmao. Tax for rain? I live in Nevada they would go broke.
maybe we are ready for that fire they talk about.
just wait, next, tax the air we breathe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!