Submitted by Terry Parker on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:24am.
What’s wrong with this picture? Gas taxes are used as a subsidy siphoned off to pay for bicycle infrastructure, transit and/or non-road projects. To correct this image the gas tax needs to be returned to do what it was originally designed to do; as a more you drive the more you pay funding method for that only funds roads and bridges for cars and trucks.
What’s wrong with this picture? Just one of TriMet’s two axle busses does as much damage as 22,000 cars, yet transit passengers pay only 21 percent of TriMet’s operation costs and the fares they pay contribute NO funding towards fixing the roads the busses chew up. To correct this image a surcharge needs to be added to transit fares to help pay for roads.
What’s wrong with this picture? There is no bicycle user tax, no bicycle license and no bicycle registration fee to pay for bicycle infrastructure; and Sam keeps protecting this status quo free ride and freeloading for his bicycle babble buddies by keeping bicycle taxes and fees off the table. To correct this image Sam needs to openly discuss and reverse his stance against bicyclists paying for bicycle infrastructure and bicyclists need to be directly taxed with license and registration fees.
What’s wrong with this picture? The so called progressive movement is socialism in disguise. Politicians that embrace the progressive agenda have become dictators using the tax codes as a means that attempts to control the transportation choices people make. To correct this image, the tax codes need to be changed so the users of alternative modes of transit pay for the government services they receive and socialistic politicians need to be replaced with civil servants that will NOT attempt to dictate lifestyles. .
What’s wrong with this picture? The Street Maintenance Fee lacks tax equity and is a back door approach with a back room deal to have the public pay for bicycle infrastructure instead of charging the bicyclists themselves with a bicycle tax. The entire program has been stuffed with this kind of a socialistic spending agenda. To correct this image the Street Maintenance Fee must ONLY be used to pay for street maintenance and repair with NO residential household discounts based on mode.
The Top 5 Things Wrong with this Picture
What’s wrong with this picture? Gas taxes are used as a subsidy siphoned off to pay for bicycle infrastructure, transit and/or non-road projects. To correct this image the gas tax needs to be returned to do what it was originally designed to do; as a more you drive the more you pay funding method for that only funds roads and bridges for cars and trucks.
What’s wrong with this picture? Just one of TriMet’s two axle busses does as much damage as 22,000 cars, yet transit passengers pay only 21 percent of TriMet’s operation costs and the fares they pay contribute NO funding towards fixing the roads the busses chew up. To correct this image a surcharge needs to be added to transit fares to help pay for roads.
What’s wrong with this picture? There is no bicycle user tax, no bicycle license and no bicycle registration fee to pay for bicycle infrastructure; and Sam keeps protecting this status quo free ride and freeloading for his bicycle babble buddies by keeping bicycle taxes and fees off the table. To correct this image Sam needs to openly discuss and reverse his stance against bicyclists paying for bicycle infrastructure and bicyclists need to be directly taxed with license and registration fees.
What’s wrong with this picture? The so called progressive movement is socialism in disguise. Politicians that embrace the progressive agenda have become dictators using the tax codes as a means that attempts to control the transportation choices people make. To correct this image, the tax codes need to be changed so the users of alternative modes of transit pay for the government services they receive and socialistic politicians need to be replaced with civil servants that will NOT attempt to dictate lifestyles. .
What’s wrong with this picture? The Street Maintenance Fee lacks tax equity and is a back door approach with a back room deal to have the public pay for bicycle infrastructure instead of charging the bicyclists themselves with a bicycle tax. The entire program has been stuffed with this kind of a socialistic spending agenda. To correct this image the Street Maintenance Fee must ONLY be used to pay for street maintenance and repair with NO residential household discounts based on mode.