Those are some interesting ideas, grayhairedmomma Do you have a newsletter I can subscri… err, nevermind. I don’t think taxing the folks who voted Bush is practical, it would serve to discourage voting in general. Garnishing their wages is a good start, but I think the better rule is that politician wages are tied to the deficit / surplus. If they move the budget more towards surplus, they get a raise. If they move to higher deficits, suddenly they are working for free. How fast do you suppose the budget would get balanced?
As for the gasoline tax taking a bite out of your budget, when prices were higher anyway, you still found a way to pay for it. And maybe next time you will choose a more gas efficient vehicle, imagine that. Do you carpool?
Ok, I have a better idea. Since a gasoline tax is so unpopular here, we could take some of the extra oil from over there to pay for a war over there.
When I bought the car (used) 2 yrs ago my commute was, and will be until the end of May, a total of about 20 miles roundtrip. Yes, I will be carpooling at the end of the summer, but until then I will need to drive apprx 150 miles per day. However, the cost of my commute even when I do carpool (meaning using the commuter bus & transit systems) would be increased by the cost of this gas tax. So either way, I’d be taxed.
Of course I “found” a way to pay for the increase in gas prices. Usually by taking it out of some other part of my budget. Do you think there are millions of people just sitting on money they don’t have a use for?
Just because it’s hard to pay off credit cards doesn’t mean one shouldn’t do it. Just because it’s hard for the people to pay for govt spending doesn’t mean they should not be taxed.
Um, we are taxed. What’s under discussion here is an extra insane, punitive tax. The goal is not to make money; the goal is to punish the citizenry for, um, not having assassinated all their government leaders yet?