... than drive around on our under-sized, undermaintained roads and bridges for another 20 years. A few cents more per gallon is preferable to constant repairs to tires and suspension systems.
Unlike sports stadiums, providing safe, well-maintained roads and bridges IS a basic function of government. The Minnesota system has been underfunded for years.
And as for the ever-shrinking, ever more irrelevant Minnesota Republican party... by all means- punish the 6 House members and 2 Senators who weren't loyal to the family. Spend all of your time, money and energy beating up on your own.
Leave the rest of us alone.
Monday, February 25, 2008
I'd rather pay higher taxes...
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im a liberal dem and ill admit id have problems voting for the trans. bill 4 the following reasons:
1. the last thing we need to be doing is increasing gas prices even more.
2. sales taxes are regressive-as are tabs fees & gas taxes. sales taxes always seem to be the goto tax 2 increase, too.
i wouldve preferred an windfall profits tax on oil corps. doing biz in MN. give some of the $$$ back to motorists in the form of rebate checks, but the majority to transportation-transit, new roads, maintaining existing rds & bridges.
if & when gas prices ever go down then we can raise the gas tax. before gas prices got so out of hand i definitely wouldve supported an increase & indexing to inflation-but now w/ the prices so high & economy headed towards recession i just think we need to look at other ways. that said we DEFINITELY have to invest in the transportation infrastructure of MN
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