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Message: Re: While I agree that everyone pay their share.....
Changed By: Roger987
Change Date: December 20, 2014 10:39AM
Re: While I agree that everyone pay their share.....
Change Date: December 20, 2014 10:39AM
Re: While I agree that everyone pay their share.....
[quote="Tony in Whittier"]
The track record of our representatives on spending is dismal. I dont want to get started on government waste.
The proposed gas tax will be based on miles driven (tracking device). The trucking industry has expressed their disapproval. My biggest conern is privacy. I don't want big brother knowing how or where I drive. Next concern is that the tax is regressive, much harder on the poor. After all that we still wont get bridges replaced or new roads built. They will find a pet project to fund.[/quote]
And just how do you define 'fair share'? He who has the most pays the most? I suppose if your name is Karl Marx....
Interesting that a tax that which applies at the same rate to everyone is considered 'regressive'. Even a fixed percent income tax (if only such a thing were to exist) would still remove more money from the pockets of non-poor income earners, and not because they use government services more (in fact, they use many, less), but because governments CAN take more of their money.
So-called 'progressive' taxes are, in my view, regressive - government doing its best to erode initiative and enterprise.
Do the cars driven by the 'poor' magically cause less wear on the highway infrastructure???
The track record of our representatives on spending is dismal. I dont want to get started on government waste.
The proposed gas tax will be based on miles driven (tracking device). The trucking industry has expressed their disapproval. My biggest conern is privacy. I don't want big brother knowing how or where I drive. Next concern is that the tax is regressive, much harder on the poor. After all that we still wont get bridges replaced or new roads built. They will find a pet project to fund.[/quote]
And just how do you define 'fair share'? He who has the most pays the most? I suppose if your name is Karl Marx....
Interesting that a tax that which applies at the same rate to everyone is considered 'regressive'. Even a fixed percent income tax (if only such a thing were to exist) would still remove more money from the pockets of non-poor income earners, and not because they use government services more (in fact, they use many, less), but because governments CAN take more of their money.
So-called 'progressive' taxes are, in my view, regressive - government doing its best to erode initiative and enterprise.
Do the cars driven by the 'poor' magically cause less wear on the highway infrastructure???
Original Message
Author: Roger987Date: December 20, 2014 10:38AM
Re: While I agree that everyone pay their share.....
[quote="Tony in Whittier"]
The track record of our representatives on spending is dismal. I dont want to get started on government waste.
The proposed gas tax will be based on miles driven (tracking device). The trucking industry has expressed their disapproval. My biggest conern is privacy. I don't want big brother knowing how or where I drive. Next concern is that the tax is regressive, much harder on the poor. After all that we still wont get bridges replaced or new roads built. They will find a pet project to fund.[/quote]
And just how do you define 'fair share'? He who has the most pays the most? I suppose if your name is Karl Marx....
Interesting that a tax that applies at the same rate to everyone is considered 'regressive'. Even a fixed percent income tax (if only such a thing were to exist) would still remove more money from the pockets of non-poor income earners, and not because they use government services more (in fact, they use many, less), but because governments CAN take more of their money.
So-called 'progressive' taxes are, in my view, regressive - government doing its best to erode initiative and enterprise.
Do the cars driven by the 'poor' magically cause less wear on the highway infrastructure???
The track record of our representatives on spending is dismal. I dont want to get started on government waste.
The proposed gas tax will be based on miles driven (tracking device). The trucking industry has expressed their disapproval. My biggest conern is privacy. I don't want big brother knowing how or where I drive. Next concern is that the tax is regressive, much harder on the poor. After all that we still wont get bridges replaced or new roads built. They will find a pet project to fund.[/quote]
And just how do you define 'fair share'? He who has the most pays the most? I suppose if your name is Karl Marx....
Interesting that a tax that applies at the same rate to everyone is considered 'regressive'. Even a fixed percent income tax (if only such a thing were to exist) would still remove more money from the pockets of non-poor income earners, and not because they use government services more (in fact, they use many, less), but because governments CAN take more of their money.
So-called 'progressive' taxes are, in my view, regressive - government doing its best to erode initiative and enterprise.
Do the cars driven by the 'poor' magically cause less wear on the highway infrastructure???