Re: The Phoenix has landed!

On 5/29/2008 5:55 AM, Robert J. Kolker went clickity clack on the keyboard and produced this interesting bit of text:
Earle Jones wrote:

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What about the potholes in the street by my house? Should the government use my tax money to fill those holes? Or perhaps each homeowner should get out with his shovel and fill them?

He who uses the roads should pay for their upkeep. And we have such a system. It is called the gasoline for fuel tax. Those who take motor vehicles out on the road pay for their upkeep by a tax on each gallon of fuel purchased. He who does not take cars or trucks out on the road does not pay.

He who has children has the burden of schooling them. What about the folks who have no children in the public schools. Should they pay the freight from those who have children in the public schools?

Those who do not have children benefit from schools in many ways, most notably that an educated society is far better than the alternative.

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    ... It is called the gasoline for fuel tax. ... does not pay. ... folks who have no children in the public schools. ... are you pondering what I'm pondering?" ...
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    ... He who uses the roads should pay for their upkeep. ... It is called the gasoline for fuel tax. ... folks who have no children in the public schools. ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: The Phoenix has landed!
    ... He who uses the roads should pay for their upkeep. ... It is called the gasoline for fuel tax. ... folks who have no children in the public schools. ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: The Phoenix has landed!
    ... It is called the gasoline for fuel tax. ... Those who take motor vehicles out on the road pay for their upkeep by a tax on each gallon of fuel purchased. ... What about the folks who have no children in the public schools. ...
    (talk.origins)
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