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In bad economy, drivers buckling under traffic tickets
St. Pete Times ^ | Monday, May 16, 2011 | By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer

Posted on 05/16/2011 8:52:18 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin

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To: DeaconBenjamin

The lesson we learn is, don’t speed in a depression. The cops will use any excuse to ticket you today. They are being pressured very hard to make their quotas.


161 posted on 05/16/2011 5:37:13 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Don't confuse Obama's evil for incompetence.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Taxes 201a.

This story perfectly illustrates it.

You can raise tax rates but you cannot make people pay. You can write citations, but you cannot make people pay who don’t have the money or refuse to give you the money.

This is Taxes 201a in a nutshell that the Democrats will never understand. Raising tax RATES does not mean you will collect more REVENUE and in fact you don’t per the Laffer curve.

The only way to balance a budget is to spend only the amount coming in because at the end of the day, you can’t force the money to come it.

More evidence that liberalism is a severe mental disorder.


162 posted on 05/16/2011 5:39:35 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Don't confuse Obama's evil for incompetence.)
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To: DManA

You said : “Not so simple when you are driving down a road engineered to be safely driven at 50mph and the speed limit is 30.” So yes you did say that.


163 posted on 05/16/2011 6:26:45 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Slump Tester

I will never understand why not wearing a seat belt is a crime. Read that again...”crime.” The cops who spend their time writing tickets for not wearing a seatbelt are just lazy tax-collectors.


164 posted on 05/16/2011 6:27:12 PM PDT by GrinFranklin
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To: chris_bdba

I posted a simple English sentence. I even explained it to you. If you still can’t understand what I said you have a problem. I’m sorry.


165 posted on 05/16/2011 6:39:19 PM PDT by DManA
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To: No Socialist

Wondering why would you NOT find your registration?? Wouldn’t that increase a fine?


166 posted on 05/16/2011 7:02:29 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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To: bushwon

“Wondering why would you NOT find your registration?? Wouldn’t that increase a fine?”

If you’re unlucky enough to get a jerk, it will. The nice ones write the fine for the registration instead of the speeding ticket. If he/she does add it to the speeding, you just need to go to the clerks office and show it and it’s a $10 fine. My $256 speeding stop cost me $10 and no points.


167 posted on 05/17/2011 4:33:01 AM PDT by No Socialist
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