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Originally Posted by 2112  Max - How did you get to work today? Was it on a public road? The roads did not build themselves.
How are your children educated - elementary, middle, high school, college? Did they go to a public school? The schools did not build themselves.
How is the fire on Jackson and Highway 16 being fought? Was it firefighters? They aren't private.
Anyone who constantly complains about government tends to forget what government does for you. Government expenditure keeps my company in business. It's not always efficient, but it is the system we have.
Reducing taxes now on gas is not going to do much in the way of relief but it certainly will take money away from folks who design and build roads. That's me. Sorry for being so selfish. |
Don't you think the roads were built before we had a 15% gas tax? Do you think they would stop building them if they reduced the tax burden on us? It's easy for you to say that it's no big deal. What about truckers or farmers? Don't you think a little tax relief would benefit them?
If we were to follow your line of logic, we should increase the gas tax to get even better built roads and bridges. Gosh, lets just make it a 50% tax. The answer is responsible spending. This state and the feds run deficits no matter how much in tax revenue is brought in. You speak as if government is benevolent institution which gives us a bunch of free goodies. Government only returns what we pay for, but it wastes too large a percentage of what we pay for in taxes.
If Congress and the Senate followed McCain's lead by not taking earmarks, we would all be better off for it.