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    <title>Eliminate Presumptive Sales Tax for Used Cars in Texas Petition: Signature List Feed</title>
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      <title>Mr Jediah Hill [Signature #173]</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15257208?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr Jediah Hill, Azle<p>This is rediculas. I&#039;ve paid taxes on numer of vehicles and this is not right. Our founding fathers would have never put up with this.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:59:31 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #172]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Katy<p>This is a ridiculous law.<br />
I am buying basically a salvage vehicle from my Aunt, yet I have to pay $500 in sales tax on a $300 purchase on a vehicle that already had sales tax paid on when new. How can the state value a vehicle without taking condition into consideration?<br />
Sure I can pay $300 to have an official appraisal done, but again, $300 appraisal on a $300 sale is stupid.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:02:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr steve clayton [Signature #171]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr steve clayton, lockhart<p>paid 400 for nbon running truck, got it running, and they want taxes on a 3800 dollar car that if anyone looked at it would laugh.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:15:40 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Jon Ivie [Signature #170]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Jon Ivie, Houston]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:20:04 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Brad Ivie [Signature #169]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Brad Ivie, Houston<p>More greed from government.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:01:22 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr rochard odoms [Signature #168]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:47:47 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Joe Shurgot [Signature #167]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Joe Shurgot, San Antonio<p>When I purchase a new vehicle I usually sell one that I already own.  The person I sell it too will have to pay tax on it. If I do this at a dealership I get to deduct my trade-in value from the actual sales price. This presumptive tax plus the fact that you can only deduct the value of a car that is &quot;traded&quot; as opposed to &quot;sold&quot; is a double taxation.  It is all totally unfair to private citizens and gives dealerships an advantage.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:12:55 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #166]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Mesquite<p>In this economic times it is very harsh for to pay tax for 10,000 when the vehicle was bought for a very low price.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:59:38 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Jody Vann [Signature #165]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Jody Vann, Porter<p>Paying taxes over and beyond what you owe is not the American way.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:05:23 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Jay McCurry [Signature #164]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Jay McCurry, Tolar]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:37:14 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Jay Rush [Signature #163]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Jay Rush, Levelland<p>I recently bought two wrecked pickups for 500 &amp; 1300 respectively. Instead of the tax being 6.25% of 1800.00. They charged me tax on 26,200.00!!!!!!!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Nov 2011 07:15:12 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. David Rosen [Signature #162]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. David Rosen, Midland<p>This presumptive tax is completely at odds with what Republicans stand for; i.e. fair tax.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:04:20 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms. Michelle Galione [Signature #161]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms. Michelle Galione, Keller<p>Complete rip off. I bought my daughter a car that had a salvaged title and had to pay 4000 more in sales tax than I paid for the car. RIP OFF TEXAS!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:01:43 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Timothy Bishop [Signature #160]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Timothy Bishop, Irving<p>In 2010 I bought a 2005 cobalt with 109000 miles for 1200 dollars that needed body work and had major brake issues.  It was dirty and smelly and scratched up inside and out.  I spent about 1000 more in parts to get it into shape.  My tax bill however was based upon the presumed value of around 4900 dollars.  So I paid over about 300 dollars in taxes on a 1200 dollar purchase.  25 percent tax on an item that was already taxed when new.  Thanks a lot Texas.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:16:41 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Kenneth Jones [Signature #159]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Kenneth Jones, Bulverde<p>As I see it the state provides no service in the sale of used vehicles to earn this tax.<br />
The state assigning a presumptive value is really egregious.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:01:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs. Christie Richardson [Signature #158]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Christie Richardson, Walnut Springs<p>I&#039;ve heard of this bill and wondered why it didn&#039;t hit the television news . I&#039;m very sorry Texas has such blinded people and very sorry a friend of the family had to go through such barbaric actions done by this state. He has no idea that the republican party is to blame for this tragedy toward everyone in Texas.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mrs. Patricia Dexter [Signature #157]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Patricia Dexter, Marion]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:28:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Lloyd Gallaugher [Signature #156]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Lloyd Gallaugher, Channelview]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:37:23 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Gerald Dexter Jr. [Signature #155]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Gerald Dexter Jr., Marion]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:56:20 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Michael Burroughs [Signature #154]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Michael Burroughs, San Antonio<p>It&#039;s just another example of the government&#039;s meddling in other people&#039;s business.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:36:55 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. David Clark [Signature #153]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. David Clark, Seguin<p>This isn&#039;t right.  It allows the state in an arbitrary manner to assess value not considering the true condition of the car and other relevant factors.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:23:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Ronald Thompson [Signature #152]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Ronald Thompson, Waller<p>Just another attempt to get by without passing a new tax increase.  Yet, this is a tax increase by anything you want to call it.  Taxation without representation.  If my representative voted for this, look out sir, your days in office are numbered.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>mr Alan Thompson [Signature #151]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr Alan Thompson, Burnet<p>I&#039;m fed up with rulings being passed that concern me so completely, with out me being informed first. I would have voted against this. The citizens of Texas need to be CONTACTED DIRECTLY on matters like this. Texas is a republic!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Douglas Dixon [Signature #150]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Douglas Dixon, Round Rock<p>This is a very deceptive way of collecting taxes on used vehicles. Most of the used cars that I have purchased have had expensive repairs done to them meaning, the reason I bought them was so yhat I could fix them myself and consider the purchase a good proposition. Under the current Extortion method you have to to buy in perfict condition which we all know there is no such thing.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>mr Anonymous [Signature #149]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, burnet]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:01:28 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr george brown [Signature #148]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr george brown, austin<p>What about junked vehicles? Does this mean the scrapyard has to pay &quot;full value&quot; on the vehicle that they paid only $50 for?</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:32:21 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Joe Self [Signature #147]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Joe Self, Austin<p>Please do the right thing for the people.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:18:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Dennis Hogan [Signature #146]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Dennis Hogan, Austin<p>This legislation was ill considered.  It creates an arbitrary process to establish value.  A better way would be to have a range of value as established by The Blue Book for example to take into consideration the condition of any given vehicle.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr. Patrick Davidson [Signature #145]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Patrick Davidson, Austin]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:20:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Gary Krysztopik [Signature #144]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Gary Krysztopik, San Antonio]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:51:12 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Rhonda Breneman [Signature #143]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Rhonda Breneman, Austin]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:41:14 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Don Breneman [Signature #142]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Don Breneman, Burnet<p>The Comptroller stole $100 from me a few months ago when I purchased a 2000 Maxima for my 18 yr. old son.  We bought a car that needed work and has a low value.  The value is set so that we were overcharged about $100, and the only way to avoid this theft by the State is to go pay $100 to $300 (set by YOUR legislation) for an appraisal to avoid having the State steal our money.  Your legislation even makes it MANDITORY that we pay minimum $100 for an appraisal.  VERY WRONG!!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:25:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr James Pate [Signature #141]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr James Pate, texarkana<p>This happened to me.  Bought car with blown motor for 1000.  had bill of sale.  They taxed me on 3000 and it was a salvage title.  Crooked.  I asked about disputing they said I could take to dealer for appraisal for a minimum of 100.00 fee.  Crooked.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #140]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Dallas]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:27:40 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Dr Peter Rossa [Signature #139]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Peter Rossa, Reklaw<p>An unfair tax is unfair no matter who initiates it.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:23:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Lisa Beck [Signature #138]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Lisa Beck, Rusk]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:56:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Marcus Beck [Signature #137]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Marcus Beck, Rusk<p>Is this not taxation without representation??<br />
I bust my butt to do some swapping and get a decent year model with a blown motor for 300 bucks; bust my butt to install another motor and they tell me I own 90% in taxes on the amount I paid??!&gt;?%##<br />
can you say legal THEFT?  What is this?; If you&#039;re poor and hardworking, you can&#039;t have a decent auto? I&#039;m not paying 400 dollars just to state: &quot;yes i&#039;t mine- fair and square&quot;. REPEAL USED CAR TAX</p>]]></description>
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      <title>mr barry witham [Signature #136]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr barry witham, garland<p>the author of this bill should not be re-elected</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 04:42:30 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Cliff Wilgus [Signature #135]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Cliff Wilgus, Longview<p>I think there should be sales tax on private sales based on the actual price paid.  This law has no validity. There must be some other alternative that is fair to the buyer.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Mark McDowell [Signature #134]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Mark McDowell, Uvalde<p>This is complete abuse of power and I am shocked that it ever passed.  I encourage everyone to speak up about this.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Ms Anita Dunnigan [Signature #133]</title>
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      <title>mr stephen mullin [Signature #132]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Ernie Flohr, Houston<p>If it&#039;s not bad enough that we are forced pay taxes on a used car (that&#039;s already had taxes paid on it once), now they want us to us a fictitious value. Double taxation and fraud all wrapped up in one law.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Saundra Ragona, Jolleyville<p>Taxing what someone &quot;Feels&quot; might be the value of anything is absurd. I see court cases coming down the pike.  A car bought for $1000.00 is worth $1000.00. What sets the value is what someone will pay for it.  Not what someone guesses.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr John JOnes, Amarillo<p>This is not right.  Please dliminate this bill</p>]]></description>
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A notarized bill of sale should be all this is needed.  I understand that some buyers were defrauding by stating the purchase price was much less than what they paid, but the government, with this legislation, is infringing on private business and free enterprise.<br />
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