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"skip" wrote
"Sunset Lowracer [TM] Fanatic" wrote

The government should provide heavy tax incentives to provide secure
human powered vehicle (HPV) parking and showers for human powered
commuters. [...]

Why should the government tax its citizens to put a shower in a private
business for your benefit?

The public benefit of showers for bike commuters should not
be underestimated. %^P

His favorite tax, naturally,
is on the dead because they are no longer able to fight back.

Actually on the unrealized capital gains when transferred by
inheritance. What is the net present value of a sunset or
a Sunset? Priceless, both, in the eye of the beholder.

The real question is who is named in Tom's will to inherit
the Sunsets. Is it true he has a bumper sticker that says,
"You can have my bike when you pry my cold dead fingers
from the handlebars..." ?

Jon Meinecke
I bike, therefore I am.

His favorite tax, naturally,
is on the dead because they are no longer able to fight back.


In Chicago, the dead vote early and ofter. Why shouldn't they be taxed, too?




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"Sunset Lowracer [TM] Fanatic" wrote in message
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Edward Dolan wrote:
...
Jeff Grippe is most likely engaged in manual labor and has no need of
showers. If he can't learn to post properly, how could he ever do
anything
that required any brains. No, Jeff Grippe is most likely engaged in sewer
work in the City of New York. Sewers are very important of course, but I
would think such work falls into the category of unskilled labor....

Prevailing wage for a plumber on a public works project in New York
City is $47.91/hour. I believe, even after adjusting for cost of living
(all else being equal), a person earning that wage could afford to
spend much more on recumbent bicycles and trikes than a community
college librarian in Minnesota (assuming no significant unearned
income).

Plumbers are more or less skilled labor. I picture Jeff Grippe as being
unskilled labor since he is too stupid to figure out how to post correctly.
Surely he is the man with the hoe or the pitchfork.

The way plumbers, electricians and other service people charge, I wish I had
gone into the lowly trades myself instead of wasting my life pursuing the
arts and sciences and becoming a Great Saint. Some of these damn kids who
mow lawns earn more than I ever did.

--
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

"Jeff Grippe" wrote in message
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When you are the ones lending the money you can wear whatever you want.

Jeff

Now that you mention it, I don't seem to recall ever seeing a loan shark in
a business suit.

(just kidding of course)

"skip" wrote in message
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Why should the government tax its citizens to put a shower in in a private
business for your benefit?

snip

Ok Tom, aside from being slightly dyslexic I also have a slight stutter.
Are you gonna make fun of that too?

$kip wrote:
"skip" wrote in message
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Why should the government tax its citizens to put a shower in in a private
business for your benefit?

snip

Ok Tom, aside from being slightly dyslexic I also have a slight stutter.
Are you gonna make fun of that too?

No, I will stick to making fun of your belief that dead people need
money.
--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

gotbent wrote:
His favorite tax, naturally,
is on the dead because they are no longer able to fight back.


In Chicago, the dead vote early and ofter. Why shouldn't they be taxed, too?

Are you advocating a poll tax?
--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

$kip wrote:
"Sunset Lowracer [TM] Fanatic" wrote in message
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...
The government should provide heavy tax incentives to provide secure
human powered vehicle (HPV) parking and showers for human powered
commuters. The lost revenue could be made up by taxing automotive
parking spaces, or better yet, and increased inheritance tax. I am sure
$kip would approve of the latter.


Why should the government tax its citizens to put a shower in in a private
business for your benefit?

I would do much less damage to the "commons" if it were reasonable and
practical to ride a recumbent bicycle or trike to work. If the
government subsidizes motorized transport, why shouldn't do the same
for human powered transport?

An ISO 305-mm/406-mm wheelset lowracer in every garage!
--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley