When Tax Revenue drops - they find a new tax

[macpappy]

This reinforces the argument we all have made against using a Cigar tax to fund SCHIP - that higher taxes will reduce sales and means less taxes being collected.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_us/mileage_tax

[TripleF]

Time for a revolution!!!

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[Ace$nyper]

Holy crap...

That just makes me so mad.

I could rant for hours.

We have good men and women fighting and dying for us, and they can come home to that? Being hugely punished when they need to take a late night TP run.

I'm just getting really depressed anytime I read the news.

[Tombstone]

Time for a revolution!!!

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:tpd: Way overdue.

[CigarDood]

This reinforces the argument we all have made against using a Cigar tax to fund SCHIP - that higher taxes will reduce sales and means less taxes being collected.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_us/mileage_tax


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve

[Tombstone]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve

Smart man. I was wondering if someone was going to bring that up.

[white_s2k]

Wow.. wtf is happening to this country? :c

[taltos]

The last time we threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This time we need to throw politicians into Boston Harbor. Keep your guns oiled and your powder dry.:fl

[ashmaster]

I don't have to say it, but I will. This is nothing but a bunch of bulls**t. Nothing like kicking us some more while we're down!!! :fl

[Doogie]

i would throw some cigars into Boston Harbor

[Genetic Defect]

:tpd: Way overdue.

and knowing is half the battle

[MadAl]

So if folks drive less will they put implants in our asses to monitor leg movement?

[cvm4]

An ingenious way of monitoring where your citizens are too. Hello Big Brother!

[Smokin Gator]

Our founding fathers must be worn out from turning over in their graves!!!

[GoatLocker]

Oregon is not alone. Congress has prepared a proposal to increase federal gas tax, as has the California senate (and I'm sure most other states). If both the CA and FED taxes get through, I'll be paying some .30/gal more in gas taxes. Apparently, this is what we the people want, since "we" elected these clowns...:rolleyes: With one party in control, who will stand in their way?

[mojo65]

Its time to flush ever tax and spend politician from all forms of government. Federal State and Local.

[houdini]

Time for a revolution!!!

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:tpd:

[Heliofire]

That is a big WTF, no they won't track our whereabouts. Oh wait yes they will they just won't tell you.:fl:mad::fu

[Ace$nyper]

That is a big WTF, no they won't track our whereabouts. Oh wait yes they will they just won't tell you.:fl:mad::fu

Odometer roll backs are now a terrorist crime punishable by death.

[darb85]

Tolls. nuff said. THey make more sense, and only charge the people using the roads! Ya. The odds that you are actually going to get me to install that bs in my car is nil to nothin.

[Cigary]

The last time we threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This time we need to throw politicians into Boston Harbor. Keep your guns oiled and your powder dry.:fl

Ditto!!

[Genetic Defect]

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[Opusfxd]

So if you go offroad, do you get a credit? Time to fire up the bicycles.

[Asher]

Time for a revolution!!!

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Over a mileage tax? I personally think this tax is a stupid idea, and there are a lot of things the government is doing with which I strongly disagree, but revolution is a word that should not be tossed about lightly.

[Genetic Defect]

Over a mileage tax? I personally think this tax is a stupid idea, and there are a lot of things the government is doing with which I strongly disagree, but revolution is a word that should not be tossed about lightly.
maybe he feels that way due to the compilation of :bs rolling down here.

[cvm4]

Oregon is not alone. Congress has prepared a proposal to increase federal gas tax, as has the California senate (and I'm sure most other states). If both the CA and FED taxes get through, I'll be paying some .30/gal more in gas taxes. Apparently, this is what we the people want, since "we" elected these clowns...:rolleyes: With one party in control, who will stand in their way?

True enough...Say hello to a 50% federal gas tax:

http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2009/01/02/federal-commission-recommends-50-gas-tax/

[Tombstone]

Over a mileage tax? I personally think this tax is a stupid idea, and there are a lot of things the government is doing with which I strongly disagree, but revolution is a word that should not be tossed about lightly.

You do understand that we are already taxed at 40-50% already?:fl

[Asher]

You do understand that we are already taxed at 40-50% already?:fl

This isn't a dictatorship or a banana republic. We have a lot of options for improving this country. Revolution should be a last resort, and in my opinion things are nowhere near bad enough for such a dramatic and devastating course of action.

I assume (hope!) that most of this is just overly dramatic hyperbole.

[Genetic Defect]

http://random-sheep.com/images/wool_over_eyes.jpg

[Tombstone]

http://random-sheep.com/images/wool_over_eyes.jpg

:r

[Steve]

I wonder if any politician remembers Boston, sometime around 1776?


Time for a revolution!!!

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[macpappy]

A revolution doesn't have to be violent or involve overthrowing the government with arms. It can also be a peaceful revolution which takes place every time we go to the voting booth. Instead of blindly voting for someone based solely on their political affiliation, we should show our displeasure with the government by voting those currently in office out of office. Elect people who will serve as our representative and the not the representative of the party they belong too. Vote against anyone who talks about keeping "their party" in power.

[Smoking Dragon]

That does it. I'm packing up the cigars and crossing the border into Mexico, illegally ofcourse. To give em 2 points to think about. :fu