To: governsleastgovernsbest; bentfeather; gaspar; NativeNewYorker; drjimmy; Atticus; John Valentine; ...
City of Evil bump:
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Ithaca politicians and Seattle politicians are alike--BARF!
To: Behind Liberal Lines
The tax is fine so long as it is fairly charging people for the government services they consume, like repair and upkeep of the roads.
The problem with Ithaca's tax is that the money is used for services that have nothing to do with driving on the road. They are instead are used for other purposes -- like give-aways to some other group.
5 posted on
05/20/2006 9:29:25 AM PDT by
mc6809e
To: Behind Liberal Lines
...Gas is $3.05/gal in Rochester, NY... New York is just overwhelmingly stupid.
6 posted on
05/20/2006 9:42:41 AM PDT by
RedBeaconNY
(If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people He gave it to.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Many experts consider the gas tax a “regressive” tax, meaning it disproportionately affects the poor and middle class. "Many experts consider..." ??? It is a regressive tax.
BTW, Ithaca is decent and conservative compared to the San Francisco Bay Area (gas price $3.29+/gal, much of it going to local taxes).
8 posted on
05/20/2006 10:05:12 AM PDT by
SteveH
(First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Many experts consider the gas tax a “regressive” tax
That is always a fun argument. :)
9 posted on
05/20/2006 10:22:31 AM PDT by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
The socialists are not going to give up their windfall profits for anybody, let alone their foolish electorate.
10 posted on
05/20/2006 10:31:49 AM PDT by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Memo to GOP: Don't ask me for any more money until you secure our Southern border.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Ex-Ithacan in the State of Evil here. Cheapest gas in my part of California is $3.29/g.
12 posted on
05/20/2006 10:57:03 AM PDT by
Scothia
( When something important is going on, silence is a lie.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Heh, we were just there last weekend for #1 son's graduation from Cornell Law School. We gassed up before we got to town, and after we left because we figured it would be expensive in Ithaca.
14 posted on
05/20/2006 12:36:57 PM PDT by
SuziQ
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Joseph did not offer any proposals for cutting the local cost of gas. He did, however, volunteer his belief that “oil companies continue to drive up the cost of gasoline.”Government gets more money from each gallon of gas than do the oil companies.
Who's gouging?!
16 posted on
05/20/2006 2:38:54 PM PDT by
mewzilla
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