Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:53:09 -0400, Eisboch penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

"hk" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Aug 17, 10:26 am, hk wrote:
Around here we consider an oyster boat carrying a 6-pack of Bud to be
a yacht. The demise of rich peoples boats will have no affect on me.



In reality, it isn't the boats that matter; it is the loss of more
industrial jobs.
The job losses are unfortunate. But weren't you also questioning the
justification of big, high fuel usage boats recently? Weren't you in favor
of a big tax on use and/or ownership of larger boats because they used more
fuel than you thought reasonable? Seems to me that your own bias leads to
job losses as well.

You can't have it both ways.

Eisboch


The last time Hatteras took it on the chin like this was when GHWB's
administration put a "luxury tax" on boats. In essence, it closed the
original Hatteras facility in High Point for good....
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...C0A9679582 60



Congress voted to repeal the boat luxury tax and twice former
President GHWB, who was a recreational boating enthusiast, vetoed
the repeal.