Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (4781)	11/29/2001 7:32:26 PM
From: HG	Respond to of 14610

Yep. But what i am advocating is zero, or very small, maybe 5% income tax. You utilize services, and you pay taxes for them which go towards the upkeep of those services.. It gets added to consumer goods, to utilities, to services. But you have a choice whether you want to utilise those services at all.... The idea is - why should i as an individual have to pay for the maintenance and expansion of CalTrain or Bart if i don't utilise the train system at all...? Conversely, if I use train regularly, i wouldn't mind paying the tax to better the services. makes the funds more available for projects which are deemed important by public, rather than arbitrary assignment by the existing govt. Increases accountability too. The 880 project would been assigned more $$s earlier if road tax was applicable. I understand US successive govts has been trying to pass that bill forever, but the logistics of moving from here to there is pretty daunting......