[freedumb2003]

>>Our state VOTED to raise sales taxes temporarily to halt teacher layoffs and/or other education cuts. <<

“Temporarily...”

excuse me a moment...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

*gasp* *breath*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[petitfour]

Oh you make a great point! I should have italicized temporarily. lol We'll see if it goes down. Ever.

[Personal Responsibility]

I’m laughing right along side you. I live in New York and have to travel regularly to New Jersey for business. I take the Verrazano Bridge. A bit of history on the bridge:

It opened in 1964. The cost of the bridge was $320,000,000.

The toll on this bridge was put in place to pay for the bridge. That toll is has been $11 (slightly discounted for EZ Pass) for the last year or so. Before that it was $9 discounted for EZ Pass.

Every day, about 180,000 tolls are paid to the Verrazano. That means the Verrazano takes in $1,800,000 every day. That means every 177 days - or just short of six months - the Verrazano bridge pays for itself. Every six months.

Any chance that toll might go away now that it’s raison d’etre is gone? Of course not.

As Reagan noted, government programs are the closest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth. Taxes are the second closest.