Monday, January 9, 2012
Taxes Congressional inaction raises taxes on transit riders
Posted by Max Brantley on Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:33 AM
If Congress' failure to act before the end of 2011 had produced a tax increase on millionaires, the howls would have been heard round the world.
Because failure to act merely increased taxes for people who ride public transit, well, who cares? Only poor people ride mass transit. (Not really, but ...) The tax preference for parking fees for commuters, even those who solo drive a car to work from a great distance, is going up, however, according to this news release from the public transit lobby. Makes sense. Have to keep up demand for gasoline.
The tipster who passed this along commented that he presumed Grover Norquist wouldn't count this tax increase as a violation of the Republican pledge.
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The Heritage Foundation, not generally thought of as in the corner of the lowly straphanger, has been trying to make the case for years that a Federal transit improvment program is something that even Conservatives should get behind. Their main case is for commuter rail and light rail and even streetcars, but they know that the bus makes it all work. I guess Grover doesn't read ALL conservative propaganda.
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Another example of a GOP controlled body of lawmakers failing to foster an environment of laws that favor the less privledged let alone incentives toward mass transit. Mass transit is a system that will do more good to immediately improve transportation conditions in congested areas than any number of new roads can do in a life time.
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