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Monday, March 27, 2006
Taxing the door bell
Boobs at the door:
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The Bruintjes family says a city inspector was barking up the wrong tree when he handed them an euro80 (US$97) bill for the Dutch dog tax... It was the second year in a row the family had a run-in with authorities over their doorbell, which plays 15 different barking noises... "Last year it was a huge effort to convince the inspector that we didn't have a dog, and now it's happened again"... In the Netherlands, dog owners are required to pay the "hondenbelasting," an infamous annual tax that is frequently evaded... After pressing the doorbell and hearing the barks, the inspector in the city of Oldenzaal simply pushed a bill through the family's mail slot.Maybe it's time to change that doorbell, people, or move to a country that doesn't tax everything.

