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Posted by Sand Box John on Sat Dec 15 12:30:58 2007, in response to Re: WMATA Latest N Route Silver line news, posted by RonInBayside on Sat Dec 15 11:42:11 2007. There is no question that investment in transit produces wealth redistribution, and that is entirely proper. In Kansas City, the wealth distribution is much, much smaller than in other places because the sales tax funding transit is regressive - it falls disproportionately on the poor. The poor subsidize the rich; transit evens the playing field a little.Ron, You and I are going to have to agree to disagree on that point. Which does't even come close to paying the costs of those roads. In Kansas City, a 1 cent sales tax pays for roads - again, the poor subsidizing the rich; car-less people subsidizing drivers. You forgot about the $0.17 a gallon motor fuel tax that the state of Missouri and the $0.18.4 a gallon motor fuel tax the Federal government levies on you when you fuel your car. The car-less population doesn't pay that tax. Oh, you should also take note in that federal tax document I linked to, $0.02.85 of the federal motor fuel tax goes into the mass transit account. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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