[lbo-talk] NY blocks mayor's congestion plan

[shag]

At 06:08 PM 4/8/2008, Andy F wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:51 PM, shag <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
>
> >  worse, this way of collecting the dollars that are just dollars turns out
> >  to have costs associated with it that you woouldn't have if you collected
> >  the dollars another way.
>
>But there is also public money saved in people taking public transit
>instead of private cars.  The revenue from the fee wouldn't have to
>even cover the cost of collection to make the scheme financially
>worthwhile.
>
>--
>Andy

you're paying even less attention than i am. jordan is a public transit 
user. big time. get that straight. he thinks it's a good idea and also 
thinks his plan for funding it is superior to the use tax schemes others 
have proposed. why are people acting as if he is opposed to public 
transportation?

  there is no scheme here wherein Jordan is championing the use of private 
cars! he is championing the use of public transportation!

a. you collect with use taxes, save money as you mention, and spend money 
for corruption caused by the way you collect the use taxes.

b. you collect with general taxes, save money, no money spent for 
corruption collecting use taxes.

a. costs you more.

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