>Italians are very creative when it comes to taxes. Being an American >serviceman, I did not have to pay tax on my Fiat Abarth Zagato, but I can >recall some friends complaining about how they had to pay a tax because they >had a balcony on the second floor of the homes! An Italian doctor told me that in the Campagna region (around Naples) that the tax on your house was based on it's appearance. Better = more money. I think I remember him telling me that this had changed by '95 or was due to change. A side benefit was that the thieves did not know which house to rob b/c they all looked bad. His town (as much of the Naples area) looked terrible b/c of this. I miss Naples though - best years of my single life!!! Hope to move back for another "tour".
Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee ICQ# 5944649 scm9985@tntech.edu '78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion |
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