More social engineering in Washington
Published Tue, Jan 13 2009 9:13 AM
Technorati Tags: Global Warming, Transportation, Annoyances
Washington State that is. Paula over at It's Only Words has got two new posts up with a bit of information about Washington's SB6900.
It seems that our beloved State Senators want to tack on some truly onerous fees to our car tabs, despite being told time and again by the electorate that we want them to be affordable. If you've got a 350 cubic inch V8 under your hood, you'll end up paying $325.00 extra in fees just for the engine displacement. So, if you own a classic car, it's going to really cost you. If it's got a big block you're going to pay through the nose to the tune of $400.00 or more.
Lord help you if you drive a truck for a living. Or if you want to take the sports car out for the spin a few times a year. Oh, wait... in that case there's still “trip permits.” I suppose with $30.00 car tabs (when did we ever actually only pay $30.00?) trip permits are a bit expensive, but with $355.00 car tabs, a $25.00 trip permit a couple of times a year is saving money.
But it's not just engine displacement that's going to hurt. They're also tacking on a carbon tax. Gotta help accelerate global cooling after all.
Does this make my wallet look thin?
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Layla responded with:
 | This is one of those subjects that just ticks me off to end. But there lies in the problem. There is NEVER no end to this kind of ripp off!
With all the ranting and raving these morons still get what they want and while they get fat, our wallets get thinner by quarter. |
David responded with:
 | Another data point on the progress of anarcho-tyranny. Punish the common man and turn a blind eye to everyday thuggery, brigandry and politicians *spit*
Yeh, I include "politicians" as an outlaw class. It's one reason they're so quick to oppress the common man: they have little or nothing in common with him.
What was it Bostonians once did with a bunch of tea? |
ablur responded with:
 | Every time we seat a body of government its first order of business is to get some money freed up so they can make a name for themselves.
Unfortunately, they never look to see if anything they are currently spending money on works or needs to be cut. The easy answer is find out how to steal more from the constituent base.
If the government was a roofing company, every year we would get a new roof laid beautifully on top of the old. Eventually, the house would cave in from the weight of the roof.
I can hear the timbers creaking in my neighborhood. |
Stanford Matthews responded with:
 | Divide and conquer. Do we need a 50 state strategy of our own? Do we need a Karl Rove or Tom Delay approach? Do we need to form a lobby?
No revolution needed. But voters need to organize. Can you depend on someone else to vote as they claim they will? No. What gets politicians to comply with the will of their constituents? Not having a job after next election cycle. But then they can always become lobbyists but they will do that in time anyhow.
Voters must be organized with means such as verifiable petitions, lawsuits and threats of raising money for the opposition. Which should be candidates of their own choosing not that of a major political party.
These are scattered thoughts presented to provoke some sort of response that will lead to increased interest followed up by action at some point. Blogs are good. Talk is good. But at some point action is required to achieve an end.
We all may take action from time to time and no doubt some of it is successful. But the victories are sparse and they may be concessions from those confronted as a retreat to be followed by another round for which no one objects. |
David responded with:
| I use to (mostly in jest) propose one LAST federal holiday--call it National Potomoc Day--when the entire country would be invited to a "roast" of Congress... after first dunking Congress in the Potomoc. The blowhard gasbags that survived the dunking (because they're so full of toxic gas) would be tarred, feathered and burned at the stake during a wake for the honest politician who drowned. Yes, I said "the".
Of course, it'll never fly, and I meant it in jest. But still, a guy can dream, can't he? After all, if all our politicians are good for is being good bad examples, then the ates of the ones raised to national prominence ought at least serve as cautions to their State and local brethren, right? The "roast" performed pour encourager les autres, as it were.
Oh, well. Maybe just a lil tea in the harbor will do instead. (Anyone for dumping GM, Ford and Chrysler into the nearest Graeat Lake? Followed, of course, by at least 70% of Wall Street.) |
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