Posted on 05/04/2019 10:46:46 AM PDT by Kaslin
Fees are taxes. They are just called fees to avoid the negative connotation of taxes.
It is especially true when government is using them to solve a fiscal problem, and wants to raise money but doesn’t want to appear as if they are raising taxes.
The surcharges and fees on my water bill are just taxes. By law i have to be hooked up to municipal water, i cannot opt out, and so all people have no choice but to be users. Its a tax under another name.
For many flyers flying is the only thing they can use to do their jobs.
Even if the money only pays for 4-5 miles of highway off The Bridge to Nowhere, it's still a better investment than what we get from these clowns.
What a FREAKING DUMBASS!! Get your LOCAL GOVT. to fix your LOCAL POTHOLES, JERK!
Right now, Tolls and gas taxes are put put into the General Fund. We need to separate fuel taxes from general funds.
We could easily pay for this if we taxed election and reelection war chests. It would still be tax deductible to donate but would be considered income to the candidate. Any candidate that doesn’t support this must be un-American.
Never heard of him but he’s an idiot.
Deport all illegals and visa over stayers and we won’t need all this new infrastructure.
If anyone has a viable solution on how to build public roads and bridges without taxation, I’ll listen.
“7 trillion dollars in the Middle East”—down the crapper with nothing to show for it.
Add the trillions spent on the “war on poverty”, and instead of a national debt we’d have a surplus.
Not only do I support stripping you of your salary and pension, but also kicking you in the nuts!
You must be pre-med.
Unfortunately for us, his district was left with a choice: him or a Democrat. And he damn near didn't beat the Democrat.
From Wikipedia:
"Collins and his son, Cameron Collins, were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on August 8, 2018 and charged with insider trading and making false statements. Three days later, Collins announced that he was suspending his bid for a fourth term in Congress; however, on September 17, 2018, he resumed his re-election campaign. Collins was narrowly re-elected to Congress on November 6, 2018, with his 2016 percentage of 67% reduced to 49%"
Wondering how Einsteins like Collins propose to capture highway funds from Electric vehicles? With their heavy battery packs, even taking in consideration the weight of a full tank of gas, they weight significantly more than a comparible sized gas car. (See Camery vs Model 3)
That's an excellent observation.
And nearly everyone is on the take somehow, someway. Cash jobs, side jobs for cash, etc.
In a another life in upstate NY, I had a boyfriend who was a contractor.
The game went like this--you worked all summer and collected unemployment all winter and you worked side jobs when you could get them all winter too. They'd all go drop of their unemployment stubs or papers every week dressed in their work clothes--clearly coming from work --covered in paint, drywall, etc.
When I look back, it seems everyone had a racket. A guy sold tires, and sold them out the back door at times, another guy worked for a gas station and figured a way to rig the pump and everyone knew to go there for "deep discounted" gas and he pocketed the cash.
“It is a user fee-—not a tax”
You can call it cherry pie if you want....IT IS A TAX.
IF any part of and government-—city-county-state-Federal imposes the tax/fee & collects the money to disperse as they see fit-—
IT IS A TAX.
Apropos of nothing, the Potomac flows out into the Atlantic, which is quite nearby.
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