From: Glenn McCalley (glenn@combatcatering.com)
Date: Wed Sep 24 2003 - 06:58:51 PDT
I would agree so far as fighting the b.s. state to state goes, but I'd be
very, very wary of having the Feds set up those UNIFORM, MANDATORY FEDERAL
LAWS applicable to motor vehicle registration.
What if the same clueless dweebs that came up with the cut-and-crush at sale
policy for certain vehicles decide that those same vehicles already out
there are inherently dangerous? Voila! A new --Federal-- vehicle law that
prohibits ownership of those vehicles, and Monday morning the tow truck
shows up at your house.
It's easier to fight the local crap than the Federal MVA.
Glenn.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Greeley" <etgreeley@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Titling gripes
> This subject recurs frequently. It is a perfect example of why we need
> UNIFORM, MANDATORY FEDERAL LAWS applicable to motor vehicle
> registration. And by MANDATORY, I mean that ALL states MUST comply with
> them, without exception, without additions, and without deletions.
> Period. And how would the federal govt force the states to fall in line?
> Simple. As the Feds do with everything else: they just need to say that
> if any of the "several states" do not comply, those states will lose ALL
> federal highway funding. Watch 'em knuckle under!
>
> Let it be known that I am over 70 years young, and am probably more
> conservative than 90 percent of self-styled conservatives. I believe
> firmly in "state's rights", up to a point. This is not a matter of
> "state's rights", however, it is a matter of interstate commerce, the
> regulation of which according to the US Constitution is a federal
> matter. What could be more exemplary of "interstate commerce" than motor
> vehicle trading? Well, maybe vessle trading (boats/ships), and aircraft
> trading. Please notice that aircraft matters, titling, etc, are ENTIRELY
> federal in nature. Perhaps that is because aircraft came on the scene in
> the 20th century, not in the 19th century like horseless carriages.
>
> Personally, I am really tired of fighting the b.s. every time I decide
> to buy a vehicle (or boat) in Texas, for example, or Florida, and bring
> it back here to bass-ackwards Alabama (all the states are similar in
> this respect) and try to get the thing registered/titled. First, you
> have the know-nothing idiots who "work" (coffee breaks, gossip-time,
> lunch time, etc) in the DMV, Tax Collector's Office, or whichever
> flung-dung Mickey-Mouse bureaucratic entity is responsible put you
> through the grinder. If what you are trying to do is the least bit out
> of the ordinary it will require at least one call to the state capital
> to another know-nothing idiot(s). Again, coffee break, lunch time, etc.
> Try again, later, between 0930 and 0945. Been there, done that.
>
> I've been through the grinder in OH, FL, NJ, TX, and oh-mygod-AL and
> don't think I'll try it any more before I kiss off.
>
> Think about it, then write to your "congress-person" and lobby for a
> UNIFORM, SENSIBLE, MANDATORY NATIONAL vehicle titling/registration law.
>
> I know I'll never see that...
>
> Ed
>
>
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