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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 12 Feb 08

As we speak, several state legislatures are considering requiring all the gasoline sold in their state to contain a certain amount of ethonol. Here in Wisconson the magic number seems to be 25%. What are those dope smoking...

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muppetsnap OK - I've tried to assume you're actually interested in debating issues, but the quality of your posts has gone down and down. I'm not sure why, but I'm not interested in the personal attacks or that kind of lazy, pointless, content free post. The interenet...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 12 Feb 08

As we speak, several state legislatures are considering requiring all the gasoline sold in their state to contain a certain amount of ethonol. Here in Wisconson the magic number seems to be 25%. What are those dope smoking...

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muppetsnap No - not at the moment it can't. Because 'our' representatives do what they are told by their lobbyist paymasters. Until there is radical and far-reaching finance reform, then nothing is going to change. The current president presides over a plutocracy and...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 12 Feb 08

As we speak, several state legislatures are considering requiring all the gasoline sold in their state to contain a certain amount of ethonol. Here in Wisconson the magic number seems to be 25%. What are those dope smoking...

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muppetsnap Because of the venal US political system, with its legalised bribery. Ethanol is a non-starter, but the farming lobby is too powerful, so - bang - another use for corn. If it could stand up in the market it would, but it can't. So we all pay, rather than...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap Wow. I can't imagine people who consider that an ambulance service should be a profit making exercise. Maybe the paramedics will have wireless VISA machines. Again - wow.

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap Ah - I see. Nice. But I guess that's what one gets from a system which spends more and more of its time ensuring that there is more and more of it. And given that bribery is basically legalised ('to support the campaign') none of 'the people' are going to be...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 28 Jan 08

Once again we are witnessing what happens when we get a "bipartisan" answer to a national problem. We get what my dad would call, "a pig in a poke". Instead of spending all the money it will take to process $300 dollar checks...

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muppetsnap I'm fairly sure this wasn't a discussion of broader tax issues. To be honest I think there should be a single tax rate which is universal. While also closing all the tax loopholes that only help the rich. Fair is fair is fair. It would also remove the...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap Please expand. I don't need convincing of the venality of professional politicians, but what exactly is their gain in this instance?

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 28 Jan 08

Once again we are witnessing what happens when we get a "bipartisan" answer to a national problem. We get what my dad would call, "a pig in a poke". Instead of spending all the money it will take to process $300 dollar checks...

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muppetsnap It's not the only variable. Income is also a variable. A regressive tax doesn't take into account income, and thus take a greater proportion of lower incomes. Feel free to Google it. It's telling that income tax is progressive as a rule. I'm quite happy to...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap I'd be interested in how they would have made that work. I would also imagine that it might not scale very well - especially if it was nearly as convenient as your own car, it's hard to see how 'free taxis' would work out cheaper. But the details of the scheme...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 28 Jan 08

Once again we are witnessing what happens when we get a "bipartisan" answer to a national problem. We get what my dad would call, "a pig in a poke". Instead of spending all the money it will take to process $300 dollar checks...

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muppetsnap That wasn't the whole quote, as you can plainly see - I will assume you just missed some of the line, rather than were trying to deliberately alter the content. I was using examples which highlighted two issues: (1) That some people need to drive while...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap Firstly, don't tell me what to do. That's not debate, it's just bluster. Secondly, you don't make a like for like comparison. The fact is, if you want to run a scheduled service, then the way that buses work is pretty much the only way it can be done. It...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap It might well be wasteful, but that doesn't mean it isn't the least wasteful way to provide the service to the public. It's generally the case that fully inclusive endevours are less efficient.

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 28 Jan 08

Once again we are witnessing what happens when we get a "bipartisan" answer to a national problem. We get what my dad would call, "a pig in a poke". Instead of spending all the money it will take to process $300 dollar checks...

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muppetsnap What a cogent response to my points. Class warfare? Where is that even alluded to? What a ridiculous thing to say.

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 28 Jan 08

Once again we are witnessing what happens when we get a "bipartisan" answer to a national problem. We get what my dad would call, "a pig in a poke". Instead of spending all the money it will take to process $300 dollar checks...

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muppetsnap It's regressive by definition - as it doesn't take into account the ability to pay. Read my example again. A struggling rural single dad having to drive his kids 15 miles a day to school pays as much as a rich guy in an SUV who can't be bothered to walk 400...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap I wouldn't define it as a waste. It might not be efficient - but then it could well be the MOST efficient way to provide the service. Also, as the cost of oil continues to rise, it's entirely possible that more peopole may choose to make use of it. Even if...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 2 Feb 08

~I'm told that, since I'm a vet, I should vote for McCain. Since I'm a Mormon, people are scared I'll vote for Romney just because he's one. ~Black People are told that since they are Black, they should vote for Obama. (except...

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muppetsnap I guess because there are far too many people who vote along these (basically tribal) lines rather than trying to find out the answers that each candiadte or party has to the big issues. Because issues are complex, and they might find there isn't a nice simple...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 28 Jan 08

Once again we are witnessing what happens when we get a "bipartisan" answer to a national problem. We get what my dad would call, "a pig in a poke". Instead of spending all the money it will take to process $300 dollar checks...

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muppetsnap Yep - in a pinch people will always use it to pay down debt, which doesn't help keep things ticking over. The real problem is that there is no problem to solve - there is no economic issue beyond a freeze in the credit markets caused by horrific failures of...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap Most people, the people who can afford cars... But public transit is often the lifeline which helps the most vulnerable gain some mobility. And with todays city planning, it would be easy to find places where you'd need to walk a mile just to buy milk.

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap On a side note to this, it's a very interesting exercise to do a quick read on the LA transit system, which was the best in the world at one point, until the auto industry purchased the company specifically to close it down. Even back then it was illegal, but...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 11 Jan 08

I live in Sheboygan, WI. We have a pretty extensive bus system here. There are plenty of busses and the routes are well designed. There isn't anywhere in the city that is more than a block or two from a bus stop, and the business...

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muppetsnap Because North American cities are pretty much designed with the car in mind. And that has shaped everything. And once you have lots of parking, and you need a car (really) to do your shopping at the huge out of town superstores, then why leave it at home (with...

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