Date:         Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:51:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
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From:         Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Comments on Splittie
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>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