{"id":42562,"date":"2019-01-11T06:50:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T11:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42562"},"modified":"2019-01-11T06:50:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T11:50:47","slug":"using-cameras-in-the-hunt-for-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42562","title":{"rendered":"Using Cameras in the Hunt for Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"header\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wrap clearfix mainNavWrap\">\n<div class=\"navWrap\">\n<nav id=\"ubermenu-main-2-main-menu\" class=\"ubermenu ubermenu-main ubermenu-menu-2 ubermenu-loc-main-menu ubermenu-responsive ubermenu-responsive-1024 ubermenu-responsive-collapse ubermenu-horizontal ubermenu-transition-shift ubermenu-trigger-hover_intent ubermenu-skin-none  ubermenu-bar-align-full ubermenu-items-align-left ubermenu-bound ubermenu-disable-submenu-scroll ubermenu-sub-indicators ubermenu-retractors-responsive ubermenu-notouch\">\n<ul id=\"ubermenu-nav-main-2-main-menu\" class=\"ubermenu-nav\">\n<li id=\"menu-item-39663\" class=\"ubermenu-item ubermenu-item-type-post_type ubermenu-item-object-page ubermenu-item-has-children ubermenu-item-39663 ubermenu-item-level-0 ubermenu-column ubermenu-column-auto ubermenu-has-submenu-drop ubermenu-has-submenu-mega\" style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pageWrap clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wrap clearfix\">\n<div class=\"pageTitle blogTitle\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/world-news\/taxes\/using-cameras-in-the-hunt-for-taxes\/\">Using Cameras in the Hunt for Taxes<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mainContent\">\n<div class=\"contentWrap\">\n<div class=\"theContent\">\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Speed-Camera-Red-Light.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84295 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Speed-Camera-Red-Light.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Speed-Camera-Red-Light.jpg 500w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Speed-Camera-Red-Light-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Speed-Camera-Red-Light-165x110.jpg 165w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMENT<\/strong>:\u00a0Hi,<br \/>\nHunt for taxes is running full scale in Scandinavia.<br \/>\nIn Sweden, all vehicles including foreign registered vehicles, are obliged to pay congestion taxes in Stockholm and Gothenburg as well as infrastructure charges in Motala and Sundsvall.<br \/>\nSometimes, the automatic camera system reads the license plate falsely and few people in Finland have gotten monthly invoices, even though they or their car never were in Sweden, including some fire trucks that never leave their home town.<br \/>\nTThepayment is usually fa ew euros but the overdue payment is 500 SEK. The most horrible thing is that, of course, the due date comes so fast that if you don\u2019t want to pay the 500 SEK overdue payment you just pay the invoice and then it is your burden to prove you never were in Sweden.<br \/>\nBR<br \/>\nJP<\/p>\n<p><strong>REPLY<\/strong>: We are witnessing police being converted into tax agents. This is no longer about protecting the public. It is about exploiting the public to fund government pensions. For every person who moves to retirement, the state then hires their replacement. Consequently, the cost of government is growing no exponentially on a global basis and this is the reason why we are undergoing a <strong>MAJOR<\/strong> Cycle Inversion in how the markets will react between now and 2032. In Australia, they have been handing out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/international-news\/police\/australia-gives-parking-ticket-to-man-in-his-own-driveway\/\"><strong>parking tickets<\/strong><\/a> in your own driveway.\u00a0 In Australia, there are people who have figured out how to beat all these automated cameras. They<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/world-news\/taxes\/cloning-license-plates-to-avoid-traffic-fines\/\"><strong> clone license<\/strong> <\/a>plates so other people get the tickets. In the USA, there have been major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2012\/12\/settlement_reached_in_red-ligh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>class actions lawsuits<\/strong><\/a> against automated cameras. In Cherry Hill, New Jersey, if you stopped but were 6 inches over the white line, you were still being given a ticket for running a red light.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using Cameras in the Hunt for Taxes COMMENT:\u00a0Hi, Hunt for taxes is running full scale in Scandinavia. In Sweden, all vehicles including foreign registered vehicles, are obliged to pay congestion taxes in Stockholm and Gothenburg as well as infrastructure charges in Motala and Sundsvall. 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