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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Whatever excuse will work for attaining more freedom, Rob; is the way I view 
the matter.  Believe me, if you could get out of paying all t*xes by being 
Amish, we would be an Amish nation.  I don't see anything wrong with safety 
and common sense codes; but; I have seen a bunch of real crap built during 
this boom that was licensed, zoned, paperworked, restricted, regulated, coded 
to the hilt.  Most of the houses here, that are old , solid, and last with 
integrity were built with few or no codes  .  Gov't just simply does not know 
how to create a better way

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--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Amish persecution by gov't building codes
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 5:05 PM
> Here in Va they have to follow code also. I used to do IT
> work for the
> Health Department and they wanted to get around putting in
> a septic
> tank. No go. Still have to do the septic tank in order to
> get the
> building permit.
> 
> Personally, I think that everyone should have an opt out or
> no-one. I
> had no option to use an outhouse and forgo the septic, so
> why should
> someone based on their religion?
> 
> Don't the Amish also not pay taxes? I wish the
> Episcopal church would
> set a doctrine against paying taxes. I'd sure be at
> church more often.
> 
> The problem in Va is the adoption of a state wide building
> code. Here
> in a rural county, we would never build to the same code as
> in urban
> areas, but the state wide code is going to meet the needs
> of the city
> dweller first and then tie the rural dweller to the same
> standard.
> 
> Rob - Va
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