Re: This is what scares me more than anything
"Karl Swenson" <[email protected]>
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On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Karl Swenson <[email protected]> wrote: > But if we're going to fund that some way, I like the way that > encourages conservation. So sue me. > > **I will, if you unfairly tax me :) Which is how we're currently doing it. ***I despise the gas tax, particular when I live I believe the highest or second highest taxed state, but I also have to admit that it is semi fair being a consumption tax. The transit taxes the tack onto my vehicle registrations however.... > Plenty of alternatives that are less palatable. > > **to you perhaps, but not in general.. How is reigning in spending > unpalatable? It's not. If there's waste in our infrastructure spending, let's find it and deal with it. ***the waste is everywhere. As far as waste in the rest of our spending, that's neither here nor there because I don't want transportation subsidized. ***in many places it all goes to the general fund along with cigarette taxes and dog license taxes etc ad naseum. > It's a start. It's what I'd do right now, once my pre-conditions are > met. :) > > **You should be in government. They are the masters of dogged > insistence of maintaining and increasing failed policies. As opposed to the intrepid Obama administration which is proposing a fascinating new way to increase revenue. And as opposed to Republicans whose only suggestion to problems is to "cut spending". ***It has to start there. It matter now how much you raise taxes if you dont curtail spending. Did everyone see that Republicans are dropping Medicare reform for now? We're well on the road to Business As Usual. ***we never really left it, considering how well the democrats fear mongered the issue. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot