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Old Aug 11, 2007, 05:17 am   #14 (permalink) (top)
Nono
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What happened to state and local governments paying for this stuff in their territories?
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Quote by: Garrison Keillor
Our (Minnesota's) governor has twice vetoed a 7.5-cent increase in the state gasoline tax to pay for road and bridge repair.
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As I said above, if you demonize tax-collection to fund public works (what Keillor refers to as "tax cuts for the comfy"), you make it kinda difficult to run a complex society.


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