Sunday, March 22, 2009

USER FEES, THE NEW TAX ($1.80 per gal. gas tax increase)

For several years government entities from the federal level all the way down to small town U.S.A. have had a revelation. They know that they have to come up with fresh new ways to raise revenue. That’s much easier than actually having to follow a real budget like the rest of us simple folk. To government the word budget is simply a dirty little buzz word. If any private business tried to operate as government does, they would have gone out of business shortly after they opened their doors.
Sure, every once in a while the government will throw us a bone. I know it’s hard for some to understand, but tax cuts actually stimulate the economy. Just channel President Kennedy or Reagan and ask either one of them. Many elected officials seem to forget the only income they can depend on is produced by the people that vote for them. We broke away from England because of over taxation. Taxes in this country began as voluntary less than 100 years ago. Try not volunteering to pay your taxes.
So now we have a new “stimulus” package. Many people thought President Bush spent way too much money (with the approval of the Democratically controlled congress). This spendulous bill is incomprehensible. A commercial I recently watched says if you could spend $1,000,000 dollars each day for 2009+ years it still wouldn’t equal the cost of this gigantic tax payer obligation. Think about that for just a minute. One positive aspect of this bill passed by these so called leaders with the speed of lightning is that we will realize a profit on the individual level of $13 whole dollars a week. That’s before taxes! Please go out to breakfast once a week with your new windfall profit (that was yours to begin with). Do your part as a good American and go stimulate this weak economy. Eat slowly because we are going to pay for that omelet for a very long time.
Here’s an inventive idea. The beautiful state of Oregon is considering a new program to install GPS devices in every car in the state to track their mileage. Why would they do that? Well, apparently the tax on a gallon of gas isn’t enough now. The mileage standards congress has forced automakers to adhere to have worked so well that tax revenues have gone down. Oh damn it, they forgot to take that into consideration. As an added bonus the government will also now be able to track your every movement with this fine free new device for your car. Another state is seriously looking at the idea of installing an odometer counter to your vehicle to track your mileage. They are kicking around the thought of taxing their residents one penny per quarter mile. Quarter mile? B.S. I guess saying that they want to tax you four cents a mile just sounds way too high. I think their state officials are “too high”. If your car gets 20 mpg this example would be the equivalent of a new eighty cents per gallon gas tax. What if you invested the extra money to do your part for the environment and now own a Hybrid? Well, if it gets 40 mpg you guys are gonna get nailed really hard. They are currently trying to figure out how to make it fair for Hybrid owners. Well, at least they are trying to think of ways to make this idea fair for everyone. LOL, what a joke!
When are we going to say enough is enough? One thing I have learned from developing The Learning Course (as seen at www.thelearningcourse.com) is now is the time to start paying close attention to those who are running the show and take notes. Most of us live very busy lives and really don’t have time to stay focused on what happened a year ago or even two months ago in this fast paced society. The politicians count on that. At election time they make all these wild promises and know how to put on a real entertaining dog and phony show. If you as a tax payer and a voter are serious about your vote counting for something, anything, takes notes. Keep track of what these fools are doing so that you don’t have to try to remember the real record. They certainly don’t want you to. The biggest problem I had with McCain was his record and the biggest problem I had with the big O was his lack of one. That goofball can’t even speak without the words he’s supposed to recite staring him in the face. Clinton was a masterful politician. President B.O. is a masterful marionette until one of the strings brakes.

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