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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 14, 2008 8:00 am) I think the CA HST plan will be long on promises and short of cash. If it is all built in the USA it would be good for our economy. If all we get to do is lay track that kind of sounds like the original railroads. Who would we get to do that work? Any volunteers?
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2008 8:44 am) Andy Grove of Intel was quoted over the weekend about new tech and early adopters - we can laugh at solar, wind, fusion, whatever, but 20 years ago all personal computers were good for was for BASIC games. They were expensive suckers too! |
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 14, 2008 8:27 am) As far as your article, it leaves out a big factor of all the roads we have already paid for that continue to generate revenue. Which should be spent on maintenance and future roads. A very biased poorly thought out article. Put all the gas tax out there for roads and we will see how much more it takes. Then up the tax accordingly.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2008 9:05 am) Here's the Texas link: Do Roads Pay for Themselves?
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 14, 2008 9:15 am) and about three-quarters of which goes to the state’s highway fund, where it is spent on transportation uses and some non-transportation functions of government. So how much goes for Roads and maintenance? It is the same crap they pull in CA and probably most other states. Put it in the general fund and then it gets all mixed up so they can make whatever claims they would like. Gas tax is now and has been a money maker for the states. They are not interested in cutting the mileage because the more gas you burn the more bucks they get to spend. Now take the Federal money. TX only gets back 70% of what they send to Washington DC out of the gas tax collected. Where does the other 30% go? So maybe TX should only build those roads that will pay for themselves. So what if one 15 mile section of highway does not pay for itself. What about the thousands of miles that make them a fortune? You don't see that because they are playing games with our gas tax money. What a bunch of hooey  If I wasn't so cheap I would go drive my SUV up and down the road spewing GHG. Hope it chokes Ahnold the pinhead.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2008 9:47 am) The other 30% goes to Alaska btw for all those bridges to nowhere. 
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 14, 2008 10:36 am) Compare the economy and taxes generated of an area with a lot of roads (LA?) to any area in the U.S. with nothing more than a dirt road.
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Replying to: kernick (Jul 14, 2008 12:13 pm) And don't forget that the railroads deserve equal time.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 14, 2008 12:21 pm) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System A subway, bus, or HST is almost solely designed to move passengers; not moving military equipment, supplies, or general commerce goods. Consumers are taxpayers usually. It's fairly hard to make $ w/o the tax-man collecting some. I think trains used to haul bulk-cargo (coal, wheat, corn ...) are great and should be encouraged. I think systems should be paid for by those who use the system.
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Replying to: kernick (Jul 14, 2008 12:57 pm) More freight moved by trains and barges could mean fewer trucks, and maybe fewer emissions (to touch on the topic a little). |
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