06-23-2007, 03:51 AM
Every time anyone buys fishing gear, the federal government adds a surtax. The sponsers of the legislation were Senators Dingle, and Johnson. The funds generated are redistributed back to the states (all 50 of them) and are called Dingle- Johnson funds. When we don't require licenses for our 12 and 13 year olds, while other states do, we allow that money to go to other states. It wasn't very long ago that the age for licenses was 12 or older. The fishermen of Utah were subsidizing the fishermen of other states. For each license that the state sells, they recieve about $15 in Dingle-Johnson funds. So, for $5 the state gets $20. If a kid, or his parents can't afford a license, they can't afford a video game.
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