@reptileexperts, it sounds like you are saying that every tax is a way for rich to get richer and poor to get poorer, so with that I disagree. Taxes are needed to have agencies such as the FDA, EPA, etc. While there are going to be problems with any solution, I think that the regulations are needed and I would not want to live in a place where such agencies do not exist. I also doubt, wholeheartedly, that a registry process would fix the problem. I could say that I have an adequate enclosure for my retic (don't own one but just an example) at an office or on a online submission while keeping the animal in a cardboard box. The only way to ensure that I'm not lying in that situation would be to have an inspector check it out. A tax may be necessary to pay for an inpector. If the people of the state don't agree that many resources should be directed to the regulatory body then the fees will fall on those who choose to own such pets. I understand that people are going to gripe about any fee, that is just human nature. I see the straw man as not describing what the fees associated with breeding and keeping of these animals could be responsibly used for and simply stating it as the man trying to keep the herp lover down
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