Comments on: The High Cost of Lower Taxes (Or: Why Can’t I Get Out of My Driveway?) http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:19:43 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: mesamick http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044817 mesamick Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:22:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044817 Plowing snow - or the lack thereof - is just further hard evidence that republicans believe in "governing on the cheap". Forget value for tax dollars spent, they prefer "Family Values" since that doesn't cost anything and voters cannot hold them accountable for it. As for public safety, here in Arizona the republican majority just passed a law making it legal to carry concealed weapons in a bar - Now what could go wrong with that... Plowing snow – or the lack thereof – is just further hard evidence that republicans believe in “governing on the cheap”.
Forget value for tax dollars spent, they prefer “Family Values” since that doesn’t cost anything and voters cannot hold them accountable for it.
As for public safety, here in Arizona the republican majority just passed a law making it legal to carry concealed weapons in a bar – Now what could go wrong with that…

]]> By: iremember54 http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044601 iremember54 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:58:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044601 Bitch about the snow, but God gave that to You. So you think You got it bad hey. I rememeber a snow where I had a snow blower on my tractor, and blew out my 200ft drive, and went on to blow my way another two hundred feet out to the main road. All of that only to find that twenty three foot drifts blocked the main road, and two weeks later with the help of army tanks with plows the roads were cleared so we got out. Some people just don't know what real snow is. Bitch about the snow, but God gave that to You.

So you think You got it bad hey.

I rememeber a snow where I had a snow blower on my tractor, and blew out my 200ft drive, and went on to blow my way another two hundred feet out to the main road.

All of that only to find that twenty three foot drifts blocked the main road, and two weeks later with the help of army tanks with plows the roads were cleared so we got out.

Some people just don’t know what real snow is.

]]> By: sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044553 sunshine Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:48:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044553 Speaking of taxes, I've read if there isn't a public option there will have to be: <blockquote>extremely restrictive regulations and a strong regulatory apparatus, not only on the insurance but also on the medical and pharmaceutical industries</blockquote> http://rawstory.com/2009/12/final-battle-public-option/ So another huge and expensive department paid for by our taxes. Is the cost of this included in the figures of the HCR bill that the WH puts out? So we will be taxed and taxed again. What crap. Do what other countries do put a VAT (value added tax)on imports. Problem solved. Speaking of taxes, I’ve read if there isn’t a public option there will have to be:

extremely restrictive regulations and a strong regulatory apparatus, not only on the insurance but also on the medical and pharmaceutical industries

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/final-battle-public-option/
So another huge and expensive department paid for by our taxes. Is the cost of this included in the figures of the HCR bill that the WH puts out?
So we will be taxed and taxed again. What crap. Do what other countries do put a VAT (value added tax)on imports. Problem solved.

]]> By: earlofhuntingdon http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044363 earlofhuntingdon Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:32:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044363 Yep, American state and federal government treats its people like big bidness deals with labor - its most expendable asset. Fewer and fewer of them are going to go gently into that good night. Mr. Obama's conservative bent is cementing the loss of hope engendered by George Bush. He may tell himself he's preserving the status quo, but for a hundred million Americans, he's ending it. Yep, American state and federal government treats its people like big bidness deals with labor – its most expendable asset. Fewer and fewer of them are going to go gently into that good night. Mr. Obama’s conservative bent is cementing the loss of hope engendered by George Bush. He may tell himself he’s preserving the status quo, but for a hundred million Americans, he’s ending it.

]]> By: Mauimom http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044312 Mauimom Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:13:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044312 In Hawaii the <strong>Republican</strong> governor is "balancing" the budget by cutting 10% of the school days. "Furlough Fridays" from now as far as the eye can see. This in a state that ranks [literally] down there with MS, AL and LA for the bottom of the barrel in education. In Hawaii the Republican governor is “balancing” the budget by cutting 10% of the school days.

“Furlough Fridays” from now as far as the eye can see.

This in a state that ranks [literally] down there with MS, AL and LA for the bottom of the barrel in education.

]]> By: 300SDL http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044305 300SDL Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:44:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044305 Agree with you---I lived there in 1983 and the only day I missed from work was when it was 31 below zero, with the windchill nearly 100 below. They told peoplke to stay home because it was dangerous to be out. There was 40 inches of snow on the ground at the time which did not present any inconvenience to getting where you needed to go as the roads were passable. Agree with you—I lived there in 1983 and the only day I missed from work was when it was 31 below zero, with the windchill nearly 100 below. They told peoplke to stay home because it was dangerous to be out. There was 40 inches of snow on the ground at the time which did not present any inconvenience to getting where you needed to go as the roads were passable.

]]> By: 300SDL http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044302 300SDL Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:38:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044302 Imagine it if these GOP imbeciles incorporated their idea of no topline revenue increases in a private business plan to a venture capitalist. They would be laughed out of the room as incompetent or pointed toward a bankruptcy attorney. Instead, these GOP morons use their "no tax increase" voodoo in our government as a selfish and manipulative weapon to dupe the public to believe there is something for nothing. You wonder when these saps will ever catch on to their fraud. Imagine it if these GOP imbeciles incorporated their idea of no topline revenue increases in a private business plan to a venture capitalist. They would be laughed out of the room as incompetent or pointed toward a bankruptcy attorney.

Instead, these GOP morons use their “no tax increase” voodoo in our government as a selfish and manipulative weapon to dupe the public to believe there is something for nothing. You wonder when these saps will ever catch on to their fraud.

]]> By: earlofhuntingdon http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044280 earlofhuntingdon Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:08:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044280 As Detroiters how they like not having their snow removed. As a consequence of longstanding disputes, city government at one time owned about three snow trucks. Small shopping malls own or contract for more trucks. Other Midwestern snow-belt cities had hundreds, but not the home of Big Auto. I can't imagine that race had anything to do with it, or poverty, but Detroit's white suburbs, home to its manufacturers and executives, had well-swept wintry streets. The boys in Birmingham and Bloomfield had no trouble getting to work or the country club. Now we're seeing it across the country. As Detroiters how they like not having their snow removed. As a consequence of longstanding disputes, city government at one time owned about three snow trucks. Small shopping malls own or contract for more trucks. Other Midwestern snow-belt cities had hundreds, but not the home of Big Auto.

I can’t imagine that race had anything to do with it, or poverty, but Detroit’s white suburbs, home to its manufacturers and executives, had well-swept wintry streets. The boys in Birmingham and Bloomfield had no trouble getting to work or the country club. Now we’re seeing it across the country.

]]> By: karendotcom http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044263 karendotcom Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:37:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044263 I'm from California, I thought that the rest of you had Reindeer Sleds. I’m from California, I thought that the rest of you had Reindeer Sleds.

]]> By: Josiah Bartlett http://firedoglake.com/2009/12/25/the-high-cost-of-lower-taxes-or-why-cant-i-get-out-of-my-driveway/#comment-2044249 Josiah Bartlett Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:13:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=57854#comment-2044249 Well they had the money so they had to spend it. And it was for the police, not schools or anything like that... Well they had the money so they had to spend it. And it was for the police, not schools or anything like that…

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