>>To tie this all in to our hobby if the bill passes it will become an open invitation for them to tax us, they are like parasites they will not want to get rid of us all together because then they can not feed off the host. As for the special interest groups The humane society and certain environmentalist, they would like nothing better than to see our hobby/business gone forever.

But the problem with that thinking is we'd not be allowed to sell or breed them. Only a matter of time before the "taxable" population of these snakes started to dwindle. And I'm assuming many people with no way to offset the cost of owning by producing/selling babies would be dumping animals. Likely many would be released into the environment as the cheapest way to get out of them. - Exactly what they say they're trying to prevent.
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Thanks,


Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com



0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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• Here is the bill itself H.R.669 - grogansilver, Wed Feb 4 14:14:44 2009
• RE: Here is the bill itself H.R.669 - Hissenia, Wed Feb 4 16:05:29 2009
• No we don't need to buy up we need to... - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 16:29:33 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - grogansilver, Wed Feb 4 17:32:05 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - Sidviciouser, Wed Feb 4 17:43:48 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - grogansilver, Wed Feb 4 17:50:05 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - aquick, Wed Feb 11 05:55:29 2009
• The way I read it is.... - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 18:08:55 2009
• RE: The way I read it is.... - rainbowsrus, Wed Feb 4 20:11:00 2009
• Dave, spread the word!!! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 20:59:19 2009
• Remember.."don't tread on me" - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 21:21:37 2009
• This is what I emailed them....... - rainbowsrus, Wed Feb 4 21:35:37 2009
• Dave you should be the model.... - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 22:10:35 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - dan80woma, Wed Feb 4 18:09:31 2009
• Here is the link. - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 18:14:08 2009
• RE: Here is the link. - dan80woma, Wed Feb 4 19:48:14 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - dan80woma, Wed Feb 4 18:11:05 2009
• RE: No we don't need to buy up we need to... - grogansilver, Wed Feb 4 18:21:46 2009
• grogansilver... I am watching brother! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 18:24:40 2009
• dan80woma... Great point! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 18:22:14 2009
• They only work to a point....more... - rainbowsrus, Wed Feb 4 20:15:17 2009
• RE: They only work to a point....more... - Hissenia, Wed Feb 4 20:32:18 2009
• RE: They only work to a point....more... - natsamjosh, Wed Feb 4 21:16:04 2009
• I see your 2 cents and raise you 2 more! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 21:31:02 2009
• This will be illegal!! - Joel_Thomas, Wed Feb 4 22:02:59 2009
• RE: Here is the bill itself H.R.669 - minicopilot, Wed Feb 4 19:48:22 2009
• RE: Here is the bill itself H.R.669 - jsschrei, Thu Feb 5 02:02:10 2009
• Writing to your Senator(s) - jsschrei, Thu Feb 5 02:22:53 2009