Posted on 11/15/2006 3:37:41 AM PST by Dane
I live in Pa., and we are getting what the stupid voters voted for. Tax, Tax and more tax. Just think of what the dumb-o-crats are going to do on the national level.
... and the proposed realty-transfer tax increase would add about $5 a month ta 30-year, $150,000 mortgage for homeowners, Biehler said....
They could have come out and said it was a tax of $1800, but instead they spread it out across 30 years to come up with the $5/mo figure.
Also...
Raise $760 million for mass transit, with 75 percent from the state and 25 percent from counties and municipalities.
How about either raise the prices for mass transit so that it pays for itself, or just eliminate it altogether?
The following is code for converting previously "free" roads to tolls and letting a private company run it. If you're unlucky, they could be thinking of a huge boondoggle for the profit of foreign companies like our Gov. Goodhair in Texas is trying to do with the TTC.
Ease mass-transit tax burden by exploring public-private partnerships and finance capital projects through borrowing.
Lord knows, the roads in Pennsylvania need help. Truckers agree they are the worst in the country. I'd be all for the increases if I had any reason at all to believe that the money would actually go where it is needed.
At least Ohio doesn't have the vehicle inspection and emission scam that Pa. has, plus gas was .15/gal less. Hell with Pa. I may come back if things change, but with the second largest senior citizen population ( quote Rush ), it might be a few years.
Time to tweak my tagline.
not only am I crying here in the wilderness, I'm lost here in the wilderness, lol.
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