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Illinois tolls were supposed to be temporary. A progressive tax is only supposed to hurt 3% of Illinoisans. Political promises mean little in Illinois.
Illinois Policy ^
| September 17, 2020
| Ben Szalinski
Posted on 12/07/2020 3:36:55 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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A toll agency promising to end the tolls is like Lucy telling Charlie Brown that he can really kick the football this time. A toll agency should simply not make such a promise, so that it can keep funding its roads through repairs and expansions. And please, clean up the damned patronage. In Illy-Noy, patronage is a bi-partisan thing (Combine).
To: BobL; sphinx; GreenLanternCorps; oldvirginian; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Impy
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Government “workers” at all levels play the public for patsys...almost all the time.
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:40:59 PM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
For sale signs all over Illinois. . . .not many buyers.
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:43:39 PM PST
by
Maudeen
(If you were to die in the next few minutes, where will you spend Eternity? Worth thinking about.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
But Gov. Lard Butt and his supporters are shocked Illinois voters didn’t buy his promise that his “progressive” tax hike would only affect “millionaires and billionaires” and “make the rich pay their fair share”. You can trust him. Why believe otherwise?
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:45:18 PM PST
by
BillyBoy
("States rights" is NOT a suicide pact.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Once a politician gains that sweet taste of the OPM drug (other peoples’ money), they become hopelessly addicted.
They will lie, cheat, steal...whatever to hold onto the “drug”.
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:48:36 PM PST
by
lgjhn23
(Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
To: BillyBoy
Or as I call him, Fatty Fatty Pritzker. Just like my own governor, Lockdown Larry Hogan (RINO-MD), who might as well have been selected by your Combine organization.
in the greate state of Washington where the the Atty General has sued Trump more than 80 times
It all boils down to what the word: “and.” is
… (Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson) talks about ‘and’ meaning both or either,”
and since it now means either, We get Permanent Tolls
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:49:41 PM PST
by
algore
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Obamacare was supposed to save me 2400 dollars... it ended up costing me 9,000 more dollars.
LIARS!
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:50:19 PM PST
by
dhs12345
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Deceptions made, deceptions kept.
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:52:16 PM PST
by
PGalt
(Past Peak Civilization?)
To: algore
the Washington State law said
The tolls shall be removed if conditions A and B are not met.
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:52:27 PM PST
by
algore
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Didn’t Illinois sell the toll roads to S. Africa?
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:54:33 PM PST
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
You appear surprised. Don't be.
Look up the history of the 16th Amendment. It was the original "tax the rich" scheme, starting with the 1914 "tax year". Less than four percent met the minimum taxing level.
One taxpayer wrote to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, "I have purposely left out some deductions I could claim, in order to have the privilege and the pleasure of paying at least a small income tax. . . ."
The original tax rate was one percent. Then two percent. Then it went upwards throughout the 20th century.
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posted on
12/07/2020 3:58:14 PM PST
by
asinclair
(Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I got a collection of old road maps, including a couple of NY Thruway fold outs from the early 60’s. In them they say that the tolls will be removed when the highway bonds and interest are paid off by 1996. HA HA HA!!!
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posted on
12/07/2020 4:00:11 PM PST
by
Impala64ssa
(Virtue signalling is no virtue)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Nothing so permanent as a “temporary” tax.
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posted on
12/07/2020 4:00:25 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
To: stars & stripes forever
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posted on
12/07/2020 4:00:48 PM PST
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Income tax was originally sold as only 3% of income over $1 million.
This was in the early 1900s when that would’ve been a very small group of rich people.
And now look where we are.
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posted on
12/07/2020 4:01:18 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
To: All
Silly citizens you thought the government would actually get rid of such a cash cow?
Government never does anything for citizens it's always what will benefit them.
Spending your money gets them high.
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posted on
12/07/2020 4:02:05 PM PST
by
ssfromla
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Ohio’s turnpike was promised to be toll-free in 1983 . . . no doubt about that . . . still waiting for our toll-free turnpike.
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posted on
12/07/2020 4:07:47 PM PST
by
laweeks
(Just wait till you have to have a biopsy from your prostate, now that is an experience you will neve)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
On the toll bridges over the Columbia, they would just “sell the bridge before it was paid off so the “new” owner could reap the profits
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posted on
12/07/2020 4:07:52 PM PST
by
shotgun
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