Ross Stapleton-Gray May 17, 2013 at 05:17 pm
No, all taxes are not for a specific purpose... a tax could, say, deposit monies in the general…Read More fund, to be used for various discretionary actions. Again, I think that we've arranged to price gasoline below its real cost (e.g., those aircraft carriers protecting foreign oil shipping aren't free, and the effects of air pollution are spread out in many areas), so I'm happy to see the state increase the tax, and would recommend that it happen on the federal level as well. We could then spend some of the new revenue on mass transit, to lessen the impact of the taxes on the poor.
Libi Uremovic May 17, 2013 at 05:01 pm
they're wasting the money tax revenue they get now - what's the point in handing them more....?…Read More
'..I have no strong opinions as to what to spend those revenues on...'
the gas tax is specifically for road maintenance....all taxes are for a specific purpose, not just to hand the government money money.
Ross Stapleton-Gray May 17, 2013 at 04:46 pm
I think we ought to *increase* the gas tax, in order to price fossil fuels more toward their true…Read More cost to society. I have no strong opinions as to what to spend those revenues on, though investments in education and infrastructure are always advisable.
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All Boards » Lisa Schneider May 17, 2013 at 09:24 pm
I'll be there, supporting fact-based environmental planning. And democracy too.
Amy Smolens May 17, 2013 at 09:02 pm
Like many folks in Albany, I have a prior commitment, volunteering at the APAL Bicycle Rodeo. If I…Read More have time between the end of the Rodeo and when I have to go to work, I will come and show my support. Either way, I will pass the info on to some of my friends and neighbors and hope you will do the same.
Francesco Papalia May 17, 2013 at 08:52 pm
Great Neo, I will see you there. OTF will keep coming back unless we can show by our physical…Read More presence that they are not welcome here.
Indecent Exposure Alert from Police
Police have issued an alert about a series of six reported indecent exposure crimes apparently by the same man in Albany and Berkeley in the mornings… between 6 and 8.
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