Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)

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From: Mike Ronn
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 05:47

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>Of course license plates are identifying badges, but you don't think it
>costs $65 to stamp out a couple of pieces of sheet metal, or even better,
>print up a little 3"x4" paper sticker, do you?  Vehicle registration is a
>revenue stream.  It may not pay for *all* road construction (and I never
>said it paid for all of it), but it does pay for some of it.  My basic
>point remains: bikers don't pay as much toward road construction as
>motorists.  I'll cede Steve Swinnea's point that they do pay toward it
>through other taxes, but not as much as motorists.

How many vehicles do you own?  I pay road taxes on three vehicles.  I am also 
a "biker"




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Subject: Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)
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