[The Great Yazoo]

Taxing a tax -- They do it for cigarettes, for fuel, for booze. Gotta love our system.

If the leftists were serious about the price of gasoline, they'd advocate tax cuts. Since Adam Smith, we've understood that taxes, whether on tobacco, booze, luxury boats, or fuel, distort price structures to the determent of the poor. Far more so than income tax cuts for the productive.

[kingu]

The leftists understand that consumer taxes are the quickest way to fund their pet programs. A quarter percent sounds really minor on a ballot question, and their favorite supports are usually firemen, police or the schools. All three are union bastions that will mostly use that new money for increases in wages, benefits and of course, union dues.

I really wonder some days if people understand the concept of public service anymore. It used to be a sacrifice for the betterment of all. Now it is the fast track to a quick retirement that you can enjoy in your next career.