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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:52 PM Original message |
Laws (and Taxes) send 'greasers' into a spin |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. The greedy corrupt WORMS who pose as our lawmakers |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gas taxes pay to keep up the roads. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Then we need a BETTER way to fund the roads, that's all. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That's problematic. Why should a Honda driver have to pay the same as |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Certainly, some equitable formula should be applied- perhaps by vehicle weight? |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Ohio, never had them. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Y'know, I've worked in Ohio... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Our license plates (tags) are priced according to weight |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. IMHO, the reason the tax is applied to every gallon of fuel... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I haven't checked lately but taxes on gas have been around 50 cents a gallon |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Perhaps the REASON that vehicle maintenance failures don't factor into crashes... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. They don't... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Ironically, driving battery electrics is harder on the road |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 06:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Sorry but some states do not have "inspection" |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "...to be responsible for the wear and tear your vehicle contributes some how" |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's an admirable goal but it has nothing to do with maintaining roads |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. True, but at least you wouldn't be expediting man's demise... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh, I absolutely agree with you in principle, but even if someone built a water fueled car |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Everything that can be done with petroleum... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. road repair is part of the vicious oil cycle... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Monthly state road taxes? |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 04:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Exactly what I was thinking, I only use my car about once a week to go... |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. This NPR interview continued with a *REPUBLICAN* NC state rep |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Slight correction, this is from APM not NPR. They are both Public Radio but not the same... |
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