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Marneman 
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Posted on: Jun. 23 2014,2:35 am |
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Heard a small news blurb the other day that ther is a bipartisan move in the house and senate to raise the federal gas tax by .12 cents!! First off the only thing those idiots in Washington DC can agree on is to stick it to us!! Secondly it was said that the increase would go to improve roads and bridges, isn't that what the current rate of federal gas taxes is supposed to be paying for! On top of that I read some article from the internet where some "no-nothing" claims that we could be paying $4.25 a gallon for gas and still not feel any finacial pain! I'd like to have some of the dope this jackass was on and then maybe I wouldn't care how much gas cost either!!
 
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Self-Banished
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Posted on: Jun. 23 2014,7:48 am |
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Oh sure, promises-promises, like lotto proceeds being used for wildlife/environment whatever BS. It always works till the next so-called crisis. Nobody pays attention, nobody cares once a subject gets passed the next news cycle.
We get what we deserve. 
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irisheyes
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Posted on: Jun. 23 2014,8:12 pm |
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Costs go up for road maintenance (road crews, plows, etc.) just like most other things. The 18 wheelers will put a million miles on our roads without paying a cent more at the pump, but the geriatrics I know who hardly ever dust off their vintage car will get a surprise in the mail when it's time to renew their tabs. Who do you think should pay more, the people who use the roads the most, or everybody else? 
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Posted on: Jun. 24 2014,2:57 am |
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(irisheyes @ Jun. 23 2014,8:12 pm)
QUOTE Costs go up for road maintenance (road crews, plows, etc.) just like most other things. The 18 wheelers will put a million miles on our roads without paying a cent more at the pump, but the geriatrics I know who hardly ever dust off their vintage car will get a surprise in the mail when it's time to renew their tabs. Who do you think should pay more, the people who use the roads the most, or everybody else?
I think I've made it clear several times, raise taxes, raise fuel costs and products and service costs rise right along with them. Yours and Expat's whinings about 18 wheelers tearing up the roads amuses me. Taxes are nothing more than expenses that are pasted down the line.
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irisheyes
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Posted on: Jun. 24 2014,4:38 pm |
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So you'd rather we subsidize the trucking industry? Taxes are an expense, but they're an expense that needs to be paid for.
You guys must have some type of color blindness to red ink. I assure you, those roads cost a lot of money, kinda like the wars the Republicans keep starting, but whenever these things need to be paid for all I hear is excuses.
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Expatriate
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Posted on: Jun. 24 2014,10:00 pm |
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You shouldn’t knock the Metro Green Line, when that Bot takes your truck driving job you’ll be riding the green line to your dishwashing job!
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Moparman
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Posted on: Jun. 28 2014,8:29 pm |
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So without the burdensome cost of drivers will you pass along the savings down the line? 
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Self-Banished
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Posted on: Jun. 29 2014,2:38 am |
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^^I'd charge what the market would bear.
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you know your not too good at it but if you want to try I'd be willing to help you 
