States looking for ways to repair roads without raise gas tax

[Winman]

That doesn't sound simple or logical, despite what he said!

If we could stop stupid spending by the government, our taxes could be put to better use.

Why hasn't any President ever run (and won) on the platform of "I WILL PRIORITIZE!"

Excuse me, I have to go write to some people who are up for the run. LOL

Yes, here in Connecticut the governor signed a bill to build a bus route from New Britain to Hartford, a mere 9.6 miles. They have already projected it will cost a 560 million dollars, that means it will probably cost at least 2 billion or more. If that is not bad enough, the state is borrowing this money.

Thousands of folks have complained. This bus route will have 13 stops on it, of which there is no parking available. It will probably take 2 hours to travel the entire route, which a person can drive in 30 minutes tops. They will take land from private citizens, and the work has been given to out of state companies. It is a mess.

Folks want this money to be spent on existing highways and bridges, but our Democratic governor and the Democratic legislature shoved it down people's throats.

Former governor John Roland who now hosts a radio show has been a big critic. He says this is all about giving money to unions.

“By the way these people are already in buses going to Hartford, so this is going to take them out of existing buses and put them in the ‘Magic Bus’,” said Rowland. The crowd chuckled.

He equated the decision by the state to borrow money in order to get federal funds to the Charlie Brown comic strip. He said the federal government is Lucy holding the football getting ready to pull it away from Charlie Brown. He said if the feds fail to match the funds and the state has already borrowed the money then everyone loses.

He said the state would be better off going to union halls and writing their friends out $100,000 checks. He claimed the goal of these construction projects is to give union workers jobs.

In the meantime, folks are proposing new taxes and tolls to repair existing highways and bridges. This coming from the recent tax hike in Ct. by governor Malloy, the largest tax increase in our state's history.

I am so glad of the recent election results in Wisconsin, I hope that catches on here, but it is doubtful, Connecticut is by far the "bluest" state in the nation, even surpassing California and Massachusetts.

 

[Oldtimer]

That doesn't sound simple or logical, despite what he said!

If we could stop stupid spending by the government, our taxes could be put to better use.

Since when does the government ever do anything that's actually simple or logical? How many millions of tax dollars will be spend in administrative costs? Ever look at the salaries of the administrators of government methods to solve problems?

How much of the revenue from this approach will be spent on creating red tape? How much of the revenue will be spent to coordinate data with homeland security, IRS, and others who need to know about our travel patterns?

And..............

Raise travel/fuel taxes to repair our roads and bridges.

-- Put up massive sound barrier walls along highways beside certain exclusive neighborhoods.

-- Keep America beautiful by planting flowers and bushes in medians. Guess that landscapers, establishing/maintaining these could be called "repairs".

-- Build pedestrian bridges over busy highways to connect walking/bike trails.

-- Tear up existing intersections to convert them to traffic circles.

-- Adding bike lanes. (what's the tax method for them and foot traffic?)

-- Adding lane reflectors which snow plows remove to be replaced again.

-- Turning natural wetlands into "cement ponds" during road improvements.

Finally,

-- Make sure there's at least 5 supervising the 1 standing in the hole with a shovel.

 

[LadyEagle]

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[Gina B]

Oh good grief. By the time I get interested in a thread, it's always getting shut down.

Well, since nobody called anyone a name or started fighting yet and it's still going to be shut down, let's go girls and boys!

*tossing water balloon into crowd*

I say we end all threads with a water balloon fight.

We'll know which moderator got soaked because that's the one that will close the thread. :tongue3:

 

[LadyEagle]

Oh good grief. By the time I get interested in a thread, it's always getting shut down.

Well, since nobody called anyone a name or started fighting yet and it's still going to be shut down, let's go girls and boys!

*tossing water balloon into crowd*

I say we end all threads with a water balloon fight.

We'll know which moderator got soaked because that's the one that will close the thread. :tongue3:

LOL. Actually, it will be the moderator who is either up the latest (midnight owl) or arises the earliest (early bird catching the worm, lol)..... :tonofbricks:

 

[Gina B]

LOL. Actually, it will be the moderator who is either up the latest (midnight owl) or arises the earliest (early bird catching the worm, lol)..... :tonofbricks:

I figured, but you have to admit that if we ever all got together, a water balloon fight could be fun. :laugh: