[FairOpinion]

"or increases in property taxes within the benefit area as their revenue streams."

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You want to tax property owners, you want to have property owners subsidize others??? And you call yourself a conservative?

The more you post, the more your socialist attitudes surface.

[Amerigomag]

You want to tax property owners

If taxation must be increased to repair/improve local roads; absolutely. They benefit directly.

you want to have property owners subsidize others????

Vehicle owners benefit from improved transportation corridors. Whether the tax is broadly applied within the benefit area, a simple increase in the VLF based on storage location, or specifically collected based on use, tolls, property owners, directly benefiting, should be taxed.

Taxation of real property is also justified since a local, transportaion benefit typically enhances the market value of local, real property.

[goldstategop]

No, the point is if there is a benefit to the property, then of course the owners should pay for it. Its the reverse of having property owners pay for things that have no clear relationship to their property. In the latter situation, society as a whole ought to properly bear the costs.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[FOG724]

The more you post, the more your socialist attitudes surface.

Reading your posts, I've come to the conclusion that you are the socialist on this board but you love to paste that handle on anyone who doesn't agree with you. I don't fear what you call me and I don't think Amerigomag does either. Your kool-aid has a bitter after taste and no one here will drink it.