Posted on 03/12/2007 1:48:51 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I was under the impression that Cintra was going to get tax breaks for their involvement in the TTC. Has that changed?
Only 11 cents per gallon of the Texas gas tax is actually used for roads. There is definitely room for improvement there before anyone tries to actually raise the gas tax.
Works for me. Unfortunately, politicians insure their reelections with tax money they give away. I also understand that some of what they spend is federally mandated, for much the same reason.
Technically the Turnpike board decided.They got their orders from Deval.As for the Dig,that is correct as well.
What bugs me more than anything else is how people consider their possessions, land included, as sacred.
I believe one of the tenets of freedom (not communism) is the right to own property. You can think what you want about those old farmers and ranchers but, their families were the ones who came here and settled this state. They worked long and hard for many generations to get what they have today. They've clothed and fed people like yourself for hundreds of yrs. They've paid their taxes and sent their children off to war. They sweat in the hot Texas sun and froze in the winter. They don't worship their property, they worship our Lord and thank him everyday for what they have.
You need to do some real thinking about this.
And only farmers did this?
Listen, I firmly believe in private property rights but I just as firmly do not believe in a privileged class. Any state that has a property tax has ceded perpetual private land ownership.
Believe me, it may not have always happened in the past but every square inch of land purchased by the state now days will be priced at fair market value or above. But, there will still be those that will not except ten times fair market value. Trust me, the lawyers are already circling.
So the final alternative is DO NOTHING! I can handle it. I am not so sure about my grandchildren.
Thanks for the ping!
Let's say the Cintra organization gets tax breaks. What about their employees?
Just the fuel taxes paid by Cintra employees, driving on public roads, is certianly millions of dollars.
And it's still true that Texas citizens driving on a private roadway paid for entirely from tolls will still be paying for roads they are not driving on via fuel taxes. There is no way this is a fair way to pay for highways.
You're welcome. :-)
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