Drying out repairs in the cold

[Glassdoc]

Nomad, you make some valid points, but you completely missed mine.. I never said, let the Feds dictate.. I said being certified should be a mandate.. Why? It would protect all of us that want/desire and work glass repair/replacement from the tent setters, low ballers video trained price cutting wannabe's.. But, hey you don't have to be certified to do great repairs, I never said you did.. But, if law mandated certification.. Then every State Inspection station would call on certified repair professionals to perform the repair.. All the insurance companies would only use certified repair people and our prices could go up due to being certified.. Not just on a State level but Nationally Certified.. Hey, if a piece of paper they call a BA is worth a 6 digit a year salary, Then a Certification should be worth something.
Now as for the rest of your post, I'll ignore.. mainly due to your quoting me on somethings I never said.. Rather than argue about it, just re-read the complete thread and then hit me up by PM if you have any questions.. Ok?

[Glassdoc]

Oooops, Nomad.. Before you think I am busting on you about the "tent sitters". I want you to know why I dislike the idea.. Personally I want my customers to know exactly where I am located. With most tent sitters, they are here today, gone tomorrow.. How does the warranty work? With a fixed business location ,an actual address, a real phone number my customers can feel confident that I am here and will be here tomorrow or next month if they need me.. I think stability is a key point in our business.. Sure, tent vendors do make money.. But, do tent vendors have to buy a city business liscense? A County liscense? Are you even registered with the State? Do the tent people actually report their income or is it a cash business? Do you see why I am against these types of repair people.. I am legal, pay taxes on every dime earned, and have all Pennsylvania required liscenses. How exactly does that work when you move your tent around several times a year? You see, I am by tent vendors the way most peeps are by illegal aliens.. Maybe its just the ones I have talked to.. But, I can tell you that all of the hot dog vendors, the t-shirt vendors, the holiday flower vendors, the fireworks people have confidentially told me they don't report any thing.. Its an all cash biz.. That right there is enough to tick me off.. If I have to pay 32%, then everyone should.. So, thats my qualms with the gypsy's of the parking lots..

[GlasWeldTech]

That was well put GlassDoc.

[Nomad]

Well, I'm sorry folks that I live in my RV and go where the weather suits my cloths. Guess I must be trailer trash, even though I've spent oodles of money on outfitting my RV for full time living.
As far a licensing is concerned, it is a form of prior restraint, that is it attempts to restrain someone from doing harm before he actually does it. When someone harms another he initiates force against them. That is an immoral act, like robbing someone or defrauding them doing a poor job. However, prior restraint gives the licensor power over people and therefore initiates force against them. The licensing authority then is engaged in an immoral act. And one cannot erect a moral justification for an immoral act by listing the good things that are accomplished by that act.

As far as paying income taxes is concerned, please show me the law that makes any citizen of the US living in the states liable for that tax. I will tell you right now that you will never find one. Try it.

So the fed is collecting taxes on personal income in violation of the law. If you are so high and mighty about actually enforcing law, how about telling the tax collectors about this.

Also, there is no such thing as permission (license, permits etc) to exercise a right. We all have the right to free association and free trade. These things (permits and licenses) violate our rights to these things.

And 32% ?? You gotta be kidding, add in the Social Security self employment taxes, the fuel, road, sales, property taxes etc and inflation which is a tax. You'll come up with about 60 to 75%. It's no wonder that people put a little cash in their pockets. The serfs of old only were expected to pay 30% of their income.

My tent stays up for six months at a time. Since I have no permanent building to pay rent or mortgage on, my overhead is low. In fact this winter I have secured a place to park my RV for free in exchange for some security work. I do have a permanent address since I started RVing 15 years ago, and it has stayed the same. This whole area grows by more that 50% in the winter by having other people with RVs down here. They like another RVer to repair their windshields. Most of my customers get my card with my permanent address and my permanent phone number. I have a LOT of repeat customers. Some have driven all the way from Canada to see me about fixing another chip when they get here. Not something I recommend but what can you do. So I must be doing something right.

[Glassdoc]

So basically, after all your rhetoric. Your views against any certification is biased because it would mean you would be accountable. Once certification is mandated, then liscensing and taxes would follow and you have decided that what you make is yours and the laws do not apply to you. What a concept, good luck with it..

[SGT]

Nomad,

No disrespect intended, just calling it like I read it. You obviously used GLASSDOC'S post as an opportunity to promote your political agenda. I see it as you have a problem with control "fear of giving up control" to so called organizations like NWRA or other and I suspect a heavy under tone of anger towards our gov't.

I am not saying that we have a perfect gov't system but it is the best. If you think otherwise, move to any country and see how fast you would want to comeback. Why the hell do you think so many people are trying to get in. Maybe we should do away with imigration laws since they try control a real problem. I said try! With out it though there would be know trying. I am sure you can see my point.

There is a reason for laws and regulations on all levels. It prevents cival unrest. Look at any news chanel and you can see what the lack of laws and regulations produces. Go back in your trailor, enjoy a beer and be thankful you live in the USA.

As you put it before, "There I said it"

[Nomad]

It is interesting that I am promoting a political agenda, and that is looked at as a bad thing to do here, while the people that promote their political agenda like forced mandatory certifications are deemed to be OK.
No law that is unconstitutional applies to any of us in the US. You should study that document sometime. It is interesting that those with collectivist agendas that would hamstring our industry and business can post their views and that's OK, but someone who advocates freedom, liberty and personal responsibility is derided.
If you like to be totally controlled by some higher authority that will dictate how you function, then it is you who should think about leaving the country.
None of the founders of this nation trusted any kind of government power.