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Article #3180Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)
From: David L. Cathey
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 20:01
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 20:01
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In article <1994Nov15.152953.13836@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Fred McCall) writes: > Mike Ronn (micron@5a.com) wrote: > : >And just how much gasoline tax was collected from those bicycles? > : >None, you say? Then it seems quite a stretch to try to claim that > : >money should be spent for the benefit of a minority. > > : How much air was polluted by those bicycles that warrented the gas tax to > : clean up? > > The gasoline taxes are used for road construction, not pollution > control. So, how do you ride your bike without touching the roadway? When was one of those roads of yours built because of bike traffic? But yes, I've paid plenty in gas, income, sales, and property taxes, so I've have paid for my share of use of the public roadways. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - David L. Cathey |Inet: davidc@montagar.com Montagar Software Concepts |UUCP: ...!montagar!davidc P. O. Box 260776 |Fone: (214)-578-5036 Plano TX 75026-0772 |http://www.montagar.com/~davidc/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd714,44a840f94edd3e03 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd714,public X-Google-Thread: f59be,2e27125b926e6893 X-Google-Attributes: gidf59be,public X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,642977eedb6b415e X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,642977eedb6b415e X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,faf138bd852a6ce6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-18 17:47:46 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!cs.utexas.edu!wotan.compaq.com!moxie!ernest!mic!montagar!davidc From: davidc@montagar.com (David L. Cathey) Newsgroups: tx.general,dfw.general,tx.guns,tx.politics,austin.general Subject: Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL) Message-ID: <1994Nov18.150130.19465@montagar.com> Date: 18 Nov 94 15:01:30 CDT References: <39r0m3$h1k@oak.zilker.net> <D.Nash-0911941817290001@bubba.ots.utexas.edu> <1994Nov15.152953.13836@mksol.dseg.ti.com> Followup-To: tx.general,dfw.general,austin.general,tx.guns,tx.politics Distribution: tx,dfw Organization: Montagar Software Concepts, Plano TX Lines: 21