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RE: US - raise the gas tax
November 27, 2018 at 12:17 pm
Is there any regressive tax that republicunts and their libertarian outriders won't champion? Gas taxes. Sales taxes. Flat taxes. Poll taxes. Property taxes. User fees - they try not to call those "taxes."
Raise the income tax on rich motherfuckers and you won't have to suck the poor and middle classes dry.
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RE: US - raise the gas tax
November 27, 2018 at 12:42 pm
They just took down the estate tax, I think, which mainly effects rich people. They try their damndest to run this county without taking money from where the majority of their money is. Like having a fattened cow in the pasture, and asking how we're going to pay for food without actually eating dear old Bessie.
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RE: US - raise the gas tax
November 27, 2018 at 1:26 pm
I think New Zealand should tax all foreigners living abroad.
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RE: US - raise the gas tax
November 27, 2018 at 11:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 27, 2018 at 11:17 pm by ignoramus.)
They tried to keep it fair here by putting a federal tax on toilet paper.
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RE: US - raise the gas tax
November 28, 2018 at 4:23 pm
I always have to smile somewhat ruefully when I see Americans complain at the price of petrol. In the good old US of A the average cost per litre is between $ 0.70 and. $0.85. in the UK its £ 1:39. If our petrol cost 85 cents I reckon there would be dancing in the streets.
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RE: US - raise the gas tax
November 28, 2018 at 5:35 pm
(November 27, 2018 at 1:26 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I think New Zealand should tax all foreigners living abroad.
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I would put a tax on Rachel Welsh. At my age, I have a feeling she'd put quite a tax on me.
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RE: US - raise the gas tax
November 28, 2018 at 5:35 pm
It probably doesn't help that, since we live in such a big country, families may need to travel a lot to see each other regularly, so we need our gas to be pretty cheap.
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RE: US - raise the gas tax
November 28, 2018 at 5:37 pm
(November 28, 2018 at 5:35 pm)Gwaithmir Wrote: (November 27, 2018 at 1:26 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I think New Zealand should tax all foreigners living abroad.
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I would put a tax on Rachel Welsh. At my age, I have a feeling she'd put quite a tax on me.
How very Pythonic of you.
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