I'm all for bringing more revenue to DC, but this would be a mess because the surrounding county's would respond with their own commuter tax.
I demand a DC commuter tax
how about a tax for all the fuckheads from dc and northern virginia who come out to the shenandoah valley every weekend . . . and stink up the place with their attitudes?
reggie wrote:
I'm all for bringing more revenue to DC, but this would be a mess because the surrounding county's would respond with their own commuter tax.
That's fine with me. Neither Arlington nor Mont Co are swelling by 400,000+ commuters per day.
anyway, this is the dumbest topic in history. Pretty much every boardie on this thread has a well defined position. It's not even necessary to type, if each person just leaves a blank post with their name, we'll basically have the same debate.
What percentage of their pay would you consider a fair tax on commuters. In my county 50% of tax dollars go to schools. Well commuters shouldn't have to pay school taxes. Another big chunk goes to libraries. Once again commuters shoudln't pay for that.
Most of the money for highway repair comes from federal tax dollars. Not that DC has many highways. I am sure most of the subway and buses are payed by federal tax dollars and fairs. So DC doesn't need help there. Prisons? Well I am guessing most of the crime is home grown not committed by and large by commuters. Police force? Well they have red light cameras and speed cameras. I am sure that most crimes by commuters are traffic related. The 10 percent tax DC has on restaurant bills in the district should be able to pay for the police needs caused by commuters.
So what do you think a 1 percent tax on their income? I wouldn't be opposed to that if the following occurred:
The federal government stopped giving DC all that cash to run their government.
If DC hadn't given away a brand new baseball stadium to billionaire baseball owners for millionaire baseball players to play in.
And if they could build some highways into DC from maryland.
And they stopped giving me parking tickets when I wasn't parking illegally.
Most of the money for highway repair comes from federal tax dollars. Not that DC has many highways. I am sure most of the subway and buses are payed by federal tax dollars and fairs. So DC doesn't need help there. Prisons? Well I am guessing most of the crime is home grown not committed by and large by commuters. Police force? Well they have red light cameras and speed cameras. I am sure that most crimes by commuters are traffic related. The 10 percent tax DC has on restaurant bills in the district should be able to pay for the police needs caused by commuters.
So what do you think a 1 percent tax on their income? I wouldn't be opposed to that if the following occurred:
The federal government stopped giving DC all that cash to run their government.
If DC hadn't given away a brand new baseball stadium to billionaire baseball owners for millionaire baseball players to play in.
And if they could build some highways into DC from maryland.
And they stopped giving me parking tickets when I wasn't parking illegally.
atomicfront wrote:
And if they could build some highways into DC from maryland.
Absolutely not. I agree with you on the parking tickets.
atomicfront wrote:
And if they could build some highways into DC from maryland.
highways slicing through capitol hill were planned in the 60s, thank god they weren't built.
atomicfront wrote:
What percentage of their pay would you consider a fair tax on commuters.
Fair?
Listen, when DC residents get some/any representation at the national level in the Congress then we can talk about fair, no?
Taxation without representation is bullshit.
hutch wrote:atomicfront wrote:
What percentage of their pay would you consider a fair tax on commuters.
Fair?
Listen, when DC residents get some/any representation at the national level in the Congress then we can talk about fair, no?
Taxation without representation is bullshit.
Blah de blah de blah blah fucking blah….if you want representation live in a US state.
I just love how a basic, fundamental right like representation in Congress is just so casually dismissed by those who have it. I bet if you were alive in the 40s, you would have been the same asshole who supported preventing District residents from voting in presidential elections. Because if they wanted to vote for president, they should have just moved to a state.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Frank wrote:hutch wrote:atomicfront wrote:
What percentage of their pay would you consider a fair tax on commuters.
Fair?
Listen, when DC residents get some/any representation at the national level in the Congress then we can talk about fair, no?
Taxation without representation is bullshit.
Blah de blah de blah blah fucking blah….if you want representation live in a US state.
I do.
Doesn't mean I have to be ignorant. You see Gallagher I don't compromise my principles because I am not affected on a personal level.
Thousand wrote:
I just love how a basic, fundamental right like representation in Congress is just so casually dismissed by those who have it. I bet if you were alive in the 40s, you would have been the same asshole who supported preventing District residents from voting in presidential elections. Because if they wanted to vote for president, they should have just moved to a state.
Fuck you.
Actually, from 1985 until 1992 I was subject to "taxation without representation". Although here legally I was not a US citizen so not allowed to vote yet still paid taxes. I lived the state of MD at the time.
so FUCK YOU ARSEHOLE!!!
Frank wrote:Thousand wrote:
I just love how a basic, fundamental right like representation in Congress is just so casually dismissed by those who have it. I bet if you were alive in the 40s, you would have been the same asshole who supported preventing District residents from voting in presidential elections. Because if they wanted to vote for president, they should have just moved to a state.
Fuck you.
Actually, from 1985 until 1992 I was subject to "taxation without representation". Although here legally I was not a US citizen so not allowed to vote yet still paid taxes. I lived the state of MD at the time.
so FUCK YOU ARSEHOLE!!!
YOu're the ASSHOLE and not only that also A STUPID ONE.. study your American history: taxation without representation refers to American citizens obviously.
We don't much care if a bunch of limeys don't get to vote in our elections.
Frankly, your act is rather tired old man; stick to the Man U updates no one gives a shit about.
hutch wrote:
Frankly, your act is rather tired old man; stick to the Man U updates no one gives a shit about.
hutch wrote:Frank wrote:Thousand wrote:
I just love how a basic, fundamental right like representation in Congress is just so casually dismissed by those who have it. I bet if you were alive in the 40s, you would have been the same asshole who supported preventing District residents from voting in presidential elections. Because if they wanted to vote for president, they should have just moved to a state.
Fuck you.
Actually, from 1985 until 1992 I was subject to "taxation without representation". Although here legally I was not a US citizen so not allowed to vote yet still paid taxes. I lived the state of MD at the time.
so FUCK YOU ARSEHOLE!!!
YOu're the ASSHOLE and not only that also A STUPID ONE.. study your American history: taxation without representation refers to American citizens obviously.
We don't much care if a bunch of limeys don't get to vote in our elections.
Frankly, your act is rather tired old man; stick to the Man U updates no one gives a shit
Scuse me fuckwad but were does it say "no taxation without representation for US citizens only"
DC obviously is an abbreviation for DUMB C**T in your case.
Now quit your bleeting and get a fucking life because the only thing people care less about than football is the pissing and moaning of the entitlement minded DC residents.
It's also a dumb topic because, by some inexplicable coincidence, everyone's positions on this issue correlate directly to where they happen to live.