[extropy-chat] Public Transportation (was suitcase nukes)

[spike]

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> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Bret Kulakovich
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:46 AM
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> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Public Transportation (was suitcase nukes)
> 
> 
> And with the new 2005 sedans averaging 200+ horsepower - I think we
> need to start hitting these excessives with some sort of additional
> tax. (There. I said it. And me of all people.)
> 
> Because the average commuter rail train comes out to 3 horsepower per
> rider, and the average sedan on the highway is carrying one person,
> perhaps 2.
> 
> ]3

Bret, out here in Taxifornia, the average rail train is carrying
one person, perhaps two.  I do not exaggerate.  Often we will
see a mile of cars backed up waiting for a commuter train to
pass with two passengers.

And don't worry about some kind of tax.  We already have them
up the kazoo and the people keep falling for the same old
gags: raise taxes to improve roads.  So they raise taxes, 
then the government promptly steals it to use for some
other purpose.  Roads are a tax trap; they are used only
to raise taxes for other purposes.  The right way is not
to raise taxes to fix roads, it is to elect people who
run on a platform of borrowing from other funds to fix
roads.  Then if the roads don't improve, throw them out
and get new politicians.

spike