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Motorists' habits spur call for tax increases

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Posted by Fred 2009-01-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 If they raise the tax, it will cause the price of things to go up, people will drive less and buy less, causing taxes to go up to make up revenue, which will cause the prices of things to go up, people will drive less, etc., etc.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-01-04 00:04|| 2009-01-04 00:04|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a way to combat global warming, your Lordship.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-04 00:31|| 2009-01-04 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Similar to those who complain about the loss of cigarette tax revenue. Also why are transit programs not paying for themselves.

Posted by Super Hose 2009-01-04 00:41|| 2009-01-04 00:41|| Front Page Top

#4 A roughly 50 percent increase in gasoline and diesel fuel taxes is being urged by the commission until the government devises another way for motorists to pay for using public roads.

Wheeeeew.... it's only a TEMPORARY tax. I was begining to get worried. But wait, there's more. Could the downturn in manufacturing (shipping good by truck) also account for the "loss" in tax revenue? I blame truckers! What about shopping at home on the computer? Some folks are now walking to work. What about those taxfree sidewalks? Then there's those gummit workers who Slug to the Pentagon and don't pay anything. Shouldn't they be required to have a Slugging license?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-04 06:43|| 2009-01-04 06:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Snark all you want.

This is yet another attempt to transfer hard earned wealth from the pockets of ordinary citizens struggling to make ends meet to the coffers of a bloated tyrant known as government.

The only economic entity of any size which has consistently refused to hold down its costs is government, and this new proposal takes the massive disparity between what taxes are and they should be new heights.

Posted by badanov 2009-01-04 07:52|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-01-04 07:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Make every road a toll road. Next step will be charging internet users by the character sent or received.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-01-04 08:15|| 2009-01-04 08:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Next step will be charging internet users by the character sent or received.

Special tax on overusing caps?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-04 08:35|| 2009-01-04 08:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Special tax on overusing caps?

Boy, Joe would be bankrupt in a week...

Posted by DarthVader 2009-01-04 08:43|| 2009-01-04 08:43|| Front Page Top

#9 "Motorists' habits spur call for tax increases"

Everything spurs a call for tax increases with gummint wankers. >:-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-04 10:27|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-04 10:27|| Front Page Top

#10 A 50% increase! We've seen this grift before:

Request 50% increase "for our children's roads"

Settle for 25% "we only got half of what was needed!"

Use prevailing wage/union workers "good jobs at good wages!"

Siphon money into other worthy project "Rangel Integrity Center needs funds!"

Taxpayers grumble "blame big oil, we need more alternative energy."

Set up commission to request 50% tax for windmills.

Posted by regular joe 2009-01-04 11:44|| 2009-01-04 11:44|| Front Page Top

#11 How 'bout we cut funding to GOVERNMENT by half or more, and refuse ANY new taxes? Governments have short memories. Obviously ours doesn't remember that we actually went to war over taxes, not once but several times. Raising taxes when people are already hurting is a sure-fire way to anger them enough to actually DO something. Government behavior needs modifying again. Behavior modification calls for inflicting increasing levels of punishment each time government does something undesirable. Our government does something undesirable about three times a week.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-01-04 14:41|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-01-04 14:41|| Front Page Top

#12 OP, they did cut one branch of the government by 50% during the 90's.

Posted by Super Hose 2009-01-04 14:53|| 2009-01-04 14:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Tax it and you'll have less of it, subsidize it and you'll have more of it.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-01-04 19:11|| 2009-01-04 19:11|| Front Page Top

#14 As you can't have less land, the land value tax is the best.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-01-04 20:30|| 2009-01-04 20:30|| Front Page Top

#15 and fire every Senate and House aide.
Make the bastards read their own bills and do some real work.

Posted by 3dc 2009-01-04 20:37|| 2009-01-04 20:37|| Front Page Top