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Here in Washington state we have a lot of ballot measures to vote on, including tax proposals. My rule is to never vote for a tax hike as long as taxation is already at ungodly levels, which it is. Again, let us look at reining in some of the absurdities of federal spending, then we can talk about a tax increase.
I keep on hearing the High Way fund will run out of money. But has any audited their books to see where the money is being spent?
They actually done it to themselves, the Federal Gov. Every one has pushed a incentives to people to buy hybrids and trade their old gas guzzler in. Now the Feds got their wish.
Most people do not understand we as Americans are almost taxed for everything many times over. The bigger problem is the Federal Gov. does not have a clue on running their departments as a business would, Right size the business.
Americans pays the lowest tax burden of all first world countries. Perhaps there are things you don't know.
400 sq feet is not enough, maybe for one person if you don't have anything except the basic needs, it can be done. Forcing people on to public transportation because of higher gas tax, that is ridiculous.
What's ridiculous is having millions of people in private automobiles. It's brain dead dumb.
Any time I have tried to research this what I have fund is a quagmire determining where the funding is coming from. You have road taxes being used for mass transit at the federal level. In PA you have road taxes also being used to fund mass transit. Then you have tolls from the PA turnpike which supports itself but also sends half the tolls for Interstates.
I have yet to see an example of funds from mass transit being used to fund roads.
About 1/2 our defense spending is to defend our business interests in Middle East oil producing countries. If we didn't need their oil we wouldn't care about their wars.
What's ridiculous is having millions of people in private automobiles. It's brain dead dumb.
That is very true, and we are becoming dumber by the minute, we should be going harder in the direction of mass transit, particularly rail. Some of the large metropolitan areas have deplorable rail systems while people sit in traffic going no where, every city could use improvement but LA, Atlanta, Boston standout and the status quo remains.
What's ridiculous is having millions of people in private automobiles. It's brain dead dumb.
You people just don't think any further then, people shouldn't have this or that...Lets say for example if people were not allowed to have a private automobile, what would be done with all of those said automobiles? Try being a realist for once, instead of a brain dead liberal.
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What's ridiculous is having millions of people in private automobiles. It's brain dead dumb.
What's really brain dead dumb is that a bus ride costs $1.70 per passenger mile here (WA) while a private car is 37 cents per passenger mile. And the car is more convenient, faster, and more pleasant. Until someone can figure out how to rein in the costs of public transit, I can't support it.
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