On Friday 02 June 2006 13:11, Steve Lamb wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > If good ideas did spread, sales tax would be unconstitutional in more > > than Oregon and New Hampshire, > > Uh, sales tax is better than the alternative which is the income tax > which, correct me if I'm wrong, Oregon has. I much prefer my state of no > income tax and a sales tax, thanks. OK, stay in the regressive hellhole you live in and avoid infecting Oregon, then. > > self-service gasoline would be banned for environmental, speed, cost and > > safety reasons > > Environmental issues are a joke. Spilled gasoline creates groundwater and air pollution. Even the EPA says this. > Speed? Hardly, last time I was in > Oregon it took me longer to gas up my car than it did outside. Unique situation. > And last > time I was there in an 18-wheeler they still self-served their own fuel. If they have a cardlock card, yes, they can, because they're technically also an employee of the gas station then. > Cost? Let's see, I know have to pay for several lackeys to pump my gas for > me and that is supposed to *lower* prices? Haha, you funny. Vancouver, WA self service prices as of this morning: $3.209/gal Portland, OR mini-service prices as of this morning: $2.899/gal Hmm, which is cheaper again? > > more than Oregon and Illinois would have regional governments and > > urban growth boundaries, > > And this is good, how, exactly? You want all cities to be as pack as > NY? Yes, because otherwise they sprawl like Los Angeles, the greater evil. > > cities other than Portland, Seattle and New York > > would have the kind of transportation infrastructure that isn't an > > expensive joke, > > By this I presume you mean public which is in and of itself a complete > joke. Yeah, 2 hours to get the same distance as it takes me 30 minutes on > my motorcycle. No, I mean overall. Overemphasis on the freeway and lack of efficient public transit have dragged most of this continent to a standstill. > > airlines would have to compete against ground transportation > > with their own money, not tax dollars. > > About the only good idea right there. Of course it isn't like ground > transportation isn't using tax money as well. Save for Amtrak, which is the postal service for when you need to ship a warm body, name one. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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