Time for Seattle Cyclists to Pay up?

[Gary_Yngve]

A cyclist who does not also drive a car likely pays no property or business taxes either. He or she is also, possibly, a heavily taxpayer-subsidized student. Ok, he likely pays sales tax on that Big Gulp that he buys down the street from campus. A pittance, really. His parasitic social standing remains.

 

Drivers pays a pittance, considering the wear on the roads, the pollution, and the thousands of bystanders killed annually. When is the last time a bicyclist has killed a bystander?

[Fairweather]

A cyclist who does not also drive a car likely pays no property or business taxes either. He or she is also, possibly, a heavily taxpayer-subsidized student. Ok, he likely pays sales tax on that Big Gulp that he buys down the street from campus. A pittance, really. His parasitic social standing remains.

 

Drivers pays a pittance, considering the wear on the roads, the pollution, and the thousands of bystanders killed annually. When is the last time a bicyclist has killed a bystander?

 

You're kidding, right?

[ken4ord]

Yo fuckedweather, I already believe are paying there fair share. Anyone who is paying state taxes is paying ofr the road, sidewalks, schools, parks, and bike lanes whether they use them or not. All of the licensing fee that are associated with the things mentioned in the article go towards enforcement agencies. Why should cyclist pay for law enforcement agencies who could give a crap about cyclist rights on the road? Wake up.

[Fairweather]

Yo fuckedweather, I already believe are paying there fair share. Anyone who is paying state taxes is paying ofr the road, sidewalks, schools, parks, and bike lanes whether they use them or not. All of the licensing fee that are associated with the things mentioned in the article go towards enforcement agencies. Why should cyclist pay for law enforcement agencies who could give a crap about cyclist rights on the road? Wake up.

 

Like I said, I don't really support this tax but I do enjoy watching hypocrisy at its finest. Based on the composition of your statement above, we still have a long way to go regarding schools.

[tvashtarkatena]

Taxes for local roads = sales taxes, business taxes, property taxes

 

Gasoline taxes, car tabs, etc., do NOT pay for anything more than a mere fraction of local roads.

 

Highways are funded largely from gasoline taxes, but some amount of my sales taxes goes to highways.

 

A cyclist who does not drive subsidizes cars.

 

A cyclist who does not also drive a car likely pays no property or business taxes either. He or she is also, possibly, a heavily taxpayer-subsidized student. Ok, he likely pays sales tax on that Big Gulp that he buys down the street from campus. A pittance, really. His parasitic social standing remains.

 

aside from the more than a few unsupportable assumptions here, since when are students 'parasites'? I thought one of the biggest problems in this country was that students were struggling to afford the higher education they need to survive in this minimum wage society, you know, the kind of affordability and subsidies that FW enjoyed when he was a student. I've never heard anyone, ever, before now complain that students are not paying enough taxes. That's so out of touch with what's happening, and what should happen, in this country that, well, you heard it hear first, folks.

 

Perhaps students should also pay for FW's new sidewalk? In addition, I hardly think that a guy who buys beer for his dog should be concerned about which beverages students are consuming these days.

[Fairweather]

With a few exceptions like you, today's parasite is tomorrow's producer--but until they make the transition they have little right to complain about their perception of inadequate bike paths that they've been given.

[lI1|1!]

Hey I couldn't post this before because I was like banned or something but anyway I am one of the few people to make it into work yesterday and today because I bike in instead of taking the bus or driving.

 

Thank you and have a wonderful freaking holiday.

 

 

[tvashtarkatena]

Human beings as units of production. Not very interesting, and not very new, but there it is.

 

What exactly is it that you produce, Mr. Fairweather?

[pc313]

Just check out Portland,Oregon! Talk about your bike town U.S.A.,they owen it!

[Fairweather]

 

What exactly is it that you produce, Mr. Fairweather?

 

Results. And you, Ms. Tvashtar?

[tvashtarkatena]

 

What exactly is it that you produce, Mr. Fairweather?

 

Results.

 

As does a lab monkey.